HASHABIAH

(Hash·a·biʹah) [Jah has taken account].

1. A Levite in the line of descent from Merari to the temple singer Ethan. (1 Chron. 6:31, 44-47) Possibly the same as No. 6 below.

2. Head of the twelfth of the twenty-four groups into which David divided the Levite temple musicians; one of the six sons of Jeduthun and possibly a descendant of No. 1 above.—1 Chron. 25:1, 3, 19.

3. An administrator “for all the work of Jehovah and for the king’s service” whom David assigned with his brothers over the territory W of the Jordan. He was a Levite, a descendant of Kohath’s son Hebron. (1 Chron. 26:30; 23:12) Possibly the same as No. 4 below.

4. A prince and leader of the tribe of Levi during David’s reign. (1 Chron. 27:16, 17, 22) Possibly the same as No. 3 above.

5. One of the “chiefs of the Levites” who contributed many animals for King Josiah’s great Passover celebration.—2 Chron. 35:1, 9.

6. A Levite whose descendant resided in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. (1 Chron. 9:2, 3, 14; Neh. 11:1, 4, 15, 20) Possibly the same as No. 1 above.

7. One of the chief priests whom Ezra entrusted with the transporting of precious materials from Babylon to Jerusalem in 468 B.C.E. (Ezra 8:24-30) He may be the same one mentioned in verse 19 and possibly the same as No. 9 below.

8. A Levite, perhaps a descendant of No. 1 above, who attested the national agreement of faithfulness in Nehemiah’s day. (Neh. 9:38; 10:1, 9, 11) Possibly he was the same as No. 10 or 11 below.

9. A priest heading the paternal house of Hilkiah during the tenure of High Priest Joiakim the successor of Jeshua. (Neh. 12:10, 12, 21) Possibly the same as No. 7 above.

10. One of the heads of the Levites, serving during Joiakim’s officiate.—Neh. 12:23, 24, 26; see No. 8 above.

11. A Levite prince of half the district of Keilah who repaired a section of Jerusalem’s wall for his district.—Neh. 3:17; see No. 8 above.

12. A Levite of the “sons of Asaph” whose descendant was overseer of the Levites in postexilic Jerusalem.—Neh. 11:22.