Enciclopedia Cattolica

ELISAMA (EBR. 'ELISAMA' « DIO ESAUDÌ»)

Elishama (Hebrew "Elishama" "God Has Heard")

Volume V · p. 175 · 1950

English translation · Testo originale italiano

ELISAMA (ebr. 'Elisama' « Dio esaudì»). - No-me di vari personaggi biblici.
ELISAMA (ebr. 'Elisama' « Dio esaudì»). - No-me di vari personaggi biblici.

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

1. A leader of the tribe of Ephraim (Num. 1:10; 2:18; 7:18; 10:22); grandfather of Joshua (1 Chr. 7:20).

2. Son of David (2 Sam. 5:16; 1 Chr. 3:18; 14:7; in 1 Chr. 3:6, instead of E., one should read Elisua).

3. One of the clans of Israel (1 Chr. 2:21).

4. A priest among those sent by King Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in the land of Issachar (2 Chr. 17:8).

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

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

Bibl.: E. Levesque, Elisama, in DB. II, cols. 1680-1681; F. Zorell, Lex. hebr. et aram., Rome 1940, p. 58. — For 1: A. Clamer, in La S. Bibl., ed. L. Fiore, II, Paris 1940, p. 238-239. — For 2: L. Desnoyers, Histoire du peuple hébreu, II, Paris 1930, p. 263. — For 6: J. Knabenhauer, Comm. in Ieremiam prophetam, Paris 1836, p. 477-478.