Jesiah
Jesiah (also Ishiah, Ishijah, Isshiah, Isshijah, Jeshaiah) is a name found in the Bible.On all the various forms of the name, see {{cite book |editor1=T. K. Cheyne|editor2=J. Sutherland Black|date=1901|orig-year=1899 |chapter=Isshiah|title=Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabib02cheyuoft |volume=2, E-K|location=New York |publisher=The Macmillan Company }} The Hebrew form of the name is yishshayah (in one case yishshayahu), meaning "man of Jah."{{cite book |editor1=T. K. Cheyne|editor2=J. Sutherland Black|date=1901|orig-year=1899 |chapter=Isshiah|title=Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabib02cheyuoft |volume=2, E-K|location=New York |publisher=The Macmillan Company }} The Bible contains five figures by this name.
- Jesiah son of Izrahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Tola, son of Issachar, found in a genealogy of the Tribe of Issachar.{{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|7:1-3|NKJV}}
- Jesiah, a Korahite and member of the Tribe of Benjamin, listed among the warriors who came to David at Ziklag.{{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|12:1-6|NKJV}}
- Jesiah, leader of the "sons of Rehabiah," a Levite in the time of David.{{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|24:21, 26:25|NKJV}}
- Jesiah, son of Uzziel, son of Kohath, son of Levi. This Jesiah is recorded as being the father of Zechariah.{{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|23:20, 12, 6|NKJV}}. {{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|24:25|NKJV}}.
- Jesiah, one of the "descendants of Harim," found in a list of men who took foreign wives in the time of Nehemiah.{{bibleverse|Ezra|10:31|NKJV}}