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(Heb. Yishmmzayah', éַùְׁîִòְéָä , and in 1Ch_27:19 in the paragogic form Yishlnaya'hu, éַùְׁîִòְéָäåּ , heard by Jehovah), the name of two of David's officers.. See DA T1.
1. (Sept. Óáìáú v áò , ulg. Samarjcs, Auth. Vers. “Ismaiah.”) — A Gibeonite, one of the chiefs of those warriors who relinquished the cause of Saul, the head (of their tribe, and joined themselves to David-when he was at Ziklag (1Ch_12:4). B.C. 1046. he is described as “a hero (gibbor) among the thirty and over the thirty” — i.e. David's body-guard; but his name does not appear in the lists of the guard in 2 Samuel 23 and 1 Chronicles 11. Possibly he was killed in some encounter before David reached the throne.
2. (Sept. Óáìáú v áò , Vulg. Jesnmujas, Auth. Vers. “Ishmaiah.”) Son of Obadiah, and viceroy of Zebulon under David and Solomon (1Ch_27:19). B.C. 1014.