Joshbekashah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:24.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 25:41 Chronicles 25:24

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

JOSHBEKASHAH. A son of Heman ( 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:24 ). There is reason to believe that this and five of the names associated with it are really a fragment of a hymn or prayer.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Heman: appointed to the service of song. 1 Chronicles 25:4,24 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Joshbek'ashah. (a seat in a hard place). Son of Heman, head of the seventeenth course of musicians. 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:25. (B.C. 1014).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

josh - bḗ - kā´sha , josh - bḗ - kash´a ( ישׁבּקשׁה , yoshbeḳāshāh , "son" of Heman; 1 Chronicles 25:4 , 1 Chronicles 25:24 ): The last 8 or 9 names in per 4 are taken by commentators to be not names but the words of a prayer. See OTJ C2, 143, note; Curtis, Chron , 278, 280; SBOT .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yoshbekashah', יָשְׁבְּקָשָׁה, prob. for ישֶׁב בְּקָשָׁה, seat in hardness; Sept. Σεβακαιτάν and Ι᾿εσβακατάν v.r. Ι᾿εσβασακά; Vulg. Jesbacas. sa), one of the sons of Heman, and leader of the seventeenth division of Temple musicians (1 Chronicles 25:4-24). B.C. 1014.