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HATTUSH.—1. A priestly family that went up with Zerubbabel (Neh_12:2) and signed the covenant (Neh_10:4). 2. A descendant of David, who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezr_8:2 [read with 1Es_8:29 ‘of the sons of David, Hattush the son of Shecaniah’]); see also 1Ch_3:22 (but if we accept the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] reading here, a younger Hattush must be meant). In 1 Es. the name is Attus. 3. A builder at the wall of Jerusalem (Neh_3:10).