God will hear; {Jishmael} the name of Abraham´ s oldest {son} and of five Israelites

Ishmael = "God will hear"

1. son of Abraham and Sarah's handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples

2. son of Nethaniah and the murderer of Gedaliah

3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Azel a descendant of Saul through Meribbaal or Mephibosheth

4. a Judaite, father of Zebadiah

5. a Judaite, son of Johanan and one of the captains who aided Jehoiada in restoring Joash to the throne

6. a priest of the family of Pashur with a foreign wife whom he was forced to put away by Ezra