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ISHMAIAH

ish-ma'-ya (yishma`yah, "Yah is hearing"):

(1) A man of Gibeon, chief of David's 30 great warriors, who came to him at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:4, the King James Version "Ismaiah").

(2) Chief of the armed contingent of the tribe of Zebulun, which served David in the monthly order of the tribes (1 Chronicles 27:19).

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