ELISHAMA

e-lish'-a-ma ('elishama`, "God has heard"):

(1) Grandfather of Joshua and son of Ammihud; prince of the tribe of Ephraim in the Exodus (Numbers 1:10; 7:48,53; 1 Chronicles 7:26).

(2) A son of David, born in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:16; 1 Chronicles 3:8).

(3) By textual corruption in 1 Chronicles 3:6 for Elishua, another of David's sons; compare 2 Samuel 5:15.

(4) A scribe of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:12,20-21).

(5) One "of the seed royal," grandfather of Ishmael, the slayer of Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 41:1).

(6) A man of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:41).

(7) One of the priests appointed by Jehoshaphat to teach the law (2 Chronicles 17:8).

F. K. Farr

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.