Elishama
Mentioned in 587 BC traditional (Jones)
Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 2 Kings 25:25.
Compiled from the tagged verses.
- Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Gedaliah, Ishmael, Nethaniah, and Ahikam.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Elishama, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Mizpah2
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 612–562 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 2 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
2 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Elishama 16 |
| KJV | Elishama 17 |
| ASV | Elishama 17 |
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Every verse
All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
2 Kings1 verse
- 25:25
In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
Jeremiah1 verse
- 41:1
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.