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Bible Encyclopedias
Hattush
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Chattush', חִטּוּשׁ, prob. assembled [Furst, contender]; Sept. Ἀττούς, but Χεττούς in 1 Chronicles 3:22, and v.r. Λαττούς in Ezra 8:2), the name of several men about or after the time of the return from Babylon.
1. A priest who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:2). B.C. 536.
2. A descendant of David who accompanied Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:2). B.C. 459. See No. 5.
3. Son of Hashabniah, and one of those who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:10). B.C. 446. He was possibly the same with No. 2.
4. One of the priests who united in the sacred covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:4). B.C. cir. 410.
5. One of the sons of Shemaiah, among the posterity of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:22), and contemporary with the Nagge of Luke 3:25 (see Strong's Harm. and Expos. of the Gospels, p. 17). B.C. somewhat post 406. By some he is identified with No. 2 above, reading Ezra 8:2 (after the (Sept.) thus: "of the sons of David; Hattush of the sons of Shechaniah." This, however, is not only forbidden by other chronological notices, (See DARIUS); (See ZERUBBABEL), but rests on the too slender support for the genuineness of the text itself in question; where, as in Ezra 8:5, we may suppose that a name is missing, or that the name Shechaniah itself has crept in from the latter verse, since it appears nowhere else as that of a family head. (See SHECHANIAH).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hattush'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/hattush.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
