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Hashabiah

Holman Bible Dictionary

(hassh uh bi' uh) Personal name meaning, “Yahweh has reckoned or imputed,” appearing in longer and shorter Hebrew spellings. 1. Ancestor of Merari among the Levite leaders (1 Chronicles 6:45 ). 2 . Another member of the Merari priesthood (1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15 ). 3 . Temple musician and Levite under David (1 Chronicles 25:3 ) and leader of course of Levites (1 Chronicles 25:19 ). 4 . Family of Levites from Hebron given authority to carry out God's business in the service of the king west of the Jordan (1 Chronicles 26:30 ). This shows the close connection between Temple and palace, religious and political activity in Israel. 5. Leader of the tribe of Levi possibly connected with taking the ill-fated census under David (1 Chronicles 27:17 ). He may be identical with 4. above. 6. Levite leader under Josiah who provided animals for the Levites to celebrate Passover (2 Chronicles 35:9 ). 7 . Levite leader Ezra conscripted to return to Jerusalem with him from Babylonian Exile about 458 B.C. (Ezra 8:19 ). He shared responsibility for transporting Temple treasures on the journey (Ezra 8:24-30 ). Compare Nehemiah 12:24 . 8 . Israelite called to divorce his foreign wife to protect the people from temptation to false worship according to Greek manuscripts of Ezra 10:25 (NRSV). 9. Levite with administrative duties over city of Keilah who joined Nehemiah in repairing wall of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:17 ). He is probably the same one as the signer of Nehemiah's covenant to obey God's law (Nehemiah 10:11 ) and could be the same as both 7. and 8. above. 10. Ancestor of chief Levite in Jerusalem in Nehemiah's day (Nehemiah 11:22 ). 11 . Priest one generation after the return from Exile (Nehemiah 12:21 ).