Bible Person

Jeshishai

Meaning: ancient; rejoicing exceedingly · Male · 1 cross reference

Jeshishai is a Gadite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 5 and the father of Michael. He belongs to the family record preserving the eastern tribes. First appears in 1 Chr 5:14.1

AI summary: Jeshishai matters because his single cross reference helps carry a Gadite line forward through a remembered father-son link. Even a brief paternal note contributes to the continuity and structure of the eastern tribal memory. Taken together, the material presents Jeshishai as a genealogical figure in Gad's preserved lineage.1

Central Figure

Jeshishai

Meaning: ancient; rejoicing exceedingly