the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Hashabiah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Name of several Levites, chiefly in the time of the return from Babylon. The most important are: 1. The fourth son of Jeduthun, appointed by David to play the harp under the direction of his father in the house of the Lord; he had charge of the twelfth division of musicians (1 Chronicles 25:3,19). 2. Son of Kemuel, a chief of the Kohathite Levites, who, with 1,700 men of his tribe, superintended the business of the Lord and of the king west of the Jordan (1 Chronicles 26:30, 27:17). 3. A Levite, one of the chiefs who officiated at the Feast of Passover in the time of King Josiah (2 Chronicles 35:9). 4. The "ruler of half the district of Keilah," who repaired a portion of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:17). 5. One of the chiefs of the Levites who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:12 [A. V. 11], 12:24).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Hashabiah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/hashabiah.html. 1901.
