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(Heb. Chashabyah', çֲùִׁáְéָä [and in 1Ch_25:3; 1Ch_26:20; 2Ch_35:9, the prolonged form Chashabya'hu, çֲùִׁáַéָäåּ ], regarded by Jehovah; Sept. Á᾿óåâß , Á᾿óώâ , Á᾿óåâßáò , Á᾿óáâßá , etc.), the name of at least nine descendants of Levi.
1. Son of Amaziah and father of Malluch, of the family of Merari (1Ch_6:45). B.C. long ante 1014.
2. A son of Jeduthun, appointed by David over the twelfth course of Levitical singers (1Ch_25:3; 1Ch_25:19). B.C. 1014. 3. Son of Kemuel, of Hebron, appointed by David at the head of the officers to take charge of the sacred revenue west of the Jordan (1Ch_26:30; 1Ch_27:17). B.C. 1014.
4. One of the chief Levites who made voluntary offerings of victims for the renewal of the Temple services under Josiah (2Ch_35:9). B.C. 623.
5. Son of Bunni and father of Azrikam, of the family of Merari (1Ch_9:14; Neh_11:15). B.C. considerably ante 440.
6. Son of Mattaniah and father of Bani, Levites (Neh_11:22). B.C. ante 440. 7. One of the chief priests entrusted by Ezra with the bullion and other valuables for the sacred vessels at Jerusalem (Ezr_8:24). He is probably the same whose father Hilkiah is mentioned in Neh_12:21. B.C. 536.
8. A descendant of Merari, who complied with Ezra's summons for persons to perform the proper Levitical functions at Jerusalem (Ezr_8:19). B.C. 536.
9. A chief of the Levites (Neh_12:24), “ruler of the half part of Keilah,” who repaired part of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh_3:17), and subscribed the covenant of fidelity to Jehovah (Neh_10:11). B.C. 446-410.