Ishpan

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 8:22.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 8:22

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ISHPAN . A Benjamite chief ( 1 Chronicles 8:22 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Shashak, a descendant of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 8:22 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ish'pan. (bald). A Benjamite, one of the family of Shashak. 1 Chronicles 8:22. (B.C. before 588).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ish´pan ( ישׁפן , yishpān , literally, "he will hide"): Descendant of Benjamin, son of Shashak, one of "the chief men, heads of fathers' houses"; lived at Jerusalem ( 1 Chronicles 8:22 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yishpan', יַשְׁפָּן, prob. hid, but Gesenius bald, Ftrst strong; Sept. Ι᾿εσφάν, Vulg. Jespham one of the "sons" of Shashak, a Benjamite chief resident at Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 8:22). B.C. ante 588. Ish'-tob (Heb.Ish-Tob', אַישׁאּטוֹב, man of Tü b [i.e. good]; Sept. Ι᾿στώβ; Josephus ῎Ιστωβος; Vulg. Ishtob), apparently one of the small kingdoms or states which formed part of the general country of Aram, named with Zobah, Rehob, and Maacah (2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 10:8). In the parallel account of 1 Chronicles 19 Ishtob is omitted. By Josephus (Ant. 7:6, 1) the name is given as that of a king. But though in the ancient versions the name is given as one word, it is probable that the real signification is "the men of Tob" (q.v.), a district mentioned also in connection with Ammon in the records of Jephthah (Judges 11:35), and again, perhaps, under the shape of TOBIE or TUBIENI, in the history of the Maccabees (1 Maccabees 5:13; 2 Maccabees 12:17).