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(jih ssi' uh) Personal name meaning, “Yahweh forgets.” Member of Saul's tribe of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag as David fled before Saul (1 Chronicles 12:6 ). Modern translations read, Isshiah. A shortened form in Hebrew appears at 1 Chronicles 23:20 , a Levite; 1 Chronicles 7:3 , leader in tribe of Issachar; 1 Chronicles 24:21 , a Levite; 1 Chronicles 24:25 , another Levite; Ezra 10:31 , a man with a foreign wife. See Ishiah; Isshiah; Ishijah .

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Jesiah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/j/jesiah.html. 1991.

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