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Elish'ama. (whom God hears).

1. The "prince" or "captain," of the tribe of Ephraim, in the wilderness of Sinai. Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:18; Numbers 7:48; Numbers 10:22. (B.C. 1491). From 1 Chronicles 7:26, we find that he was grandfather to the great Joshua.

2. A son of King David. 1 Samuel 5:16; 1 Chronicles 3:8; 1 Chronicles 14:7.

3. Another son of David, 1 Chronicles 3:6, who in the other lists is called Elishua. (B.C. After 1044).

4. A descendant of Judah. 1 Chronicles 2:41.

5. The father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Ishmael. 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 41:1.

6. Scribe of King Jehoiakim. Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:20-21. (B.C. 605).

7. A priest, in the time of Jehoshaphat. 2 Chronicles 17:8. (B.C. 912).