Elisama (Heb. 'Elīlāmā' "God Hears") (ELISAMA (EBR. 'ELĪLĀMĀ' « DIO ESAUDI »))

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

ELISAMA (Hebr. 'Elīlāmā' «May God hear»). — Name of various biblical figures.

1. A chief of the tribe of Ephraim (Num. 1:10; 2:18; 7:48; 10:22); the grandfather of Joshua (1 Chr. 7:20).
2. A son of David (2 Sam. 5:16; 1 Chr. 3:18; 14:7; in 1 Chr. 3:6 instead of E. one should read Elisma).

3. One of the clans of Ierameel (1 Chr. 2:21).
4. A priest among those sent by King Jehoshaphat throughout the land to instruct the people (2 Chr. 17:8).

5. A scribe of King Jehoiakim; in his chamber the scroll of Jeremiah’s prophecies was placed before it was read to the king (Jer. 36:12, 20-21).

6. An Israelite of royal lineage, the slayer of Gedaliah (Jer. 41:1; 2 Kgs. 25:25); some identify him with E. no. 2.

BIBL.: E. Levesque, Elisma, in DB. II, cols. 1689-1690; F. Zorell, Lex. hebr. et aram., Rome 1940, p. 58. — For 1: A. Clamer, in La S. Bibl., ed. L. Pirot, II, Paris 1940, pp. 238-239. — For 2: L. Desnoyers, Histoire du peuple hébreu, II, Paris 1930, p. 961. — For 6: J. Knabenbauer, Comm. in Ieremiam prophetam, Paris 1889, pp. 477-478. Francesco Spadafora