hearing or obeying the Lord
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ISHMAIAH.1. The ruler of the tribe of Zebulun (1Ch_27:19). 2. One of Davids thirty (1Ch_12:4).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1Ch_27:19.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ishma'iah. (Jehovah hears). Son of Obadiah; the ruler of the tribe of Zebulun, in the time of King David. 1Ch_27:19. (B.C. 1046).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ish-mā?ya (ישׁמעיה, yishma‛yāh, ?Yah is hearing?):
(1) A man of Gibeon, chief of David's 30 great warriors, who came to him at Ziklag (1Ch_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 (1Ch_27:19).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.