Ha'shum. (rich).
1. Bene-Hashum, (that is, sons of Hashum), 223 in number, came back from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:19; Ezra 10:33; Nehemiah 7:22. (B.C. Before 536). The chief man of the family was among these, who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. Nehemiah 10:18. (B.C. 410).
2. One of the priests or Levites, who stood on Ezra's left hand, while he read the law to the congregation. Nehemiah 8:4. (B.C. 410).