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References
- ↑ On all the various forms of the name, see T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black, eds. (1901) [1899]. "Isshiah". Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. Vol. 2, E–K. New York: The Macmillan Company.
- 1 2 T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black, eds. (1901) [1899]. "Isshiah". Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. Vol. 2, E–K. New York: The Macmillan Company.
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 7:1–3
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 12:1–6
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 24:21, 26:25
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 23:20, 12, 6. 1 Chronicles 24:25.
- ↑ Ezra 10:31