Encyclopedia of The Bible – Jeshaiah
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Jeshaiah

JESHAIAH jĭ shā’ yə (יְשַֽׁעְיָ֑ה, Yahweh saved). 1. Son of Hananiah; grandson of Zerubbabel (1 Chron 3:21; KJV JESAIAH).

2. A son of Jeduthun (1 Chron 25:3, 15).

3. A Levite who shared the supervision of David’s treasury (1 Chron 26:25).

4. An Elamite who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:7; 1 Esd 8:33; KJV, ASV OSAIAS).

5. A Merarite Levite who returned from Babylon with Ezra (Ezra 8:19; 1 Esd 8:48; KJV, ASV OSAIAS).

6. A Benjaminite ancestor of an Israelite who lived in Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh 11:7; KJV JESAIAH).