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Bible Encyclopedias
Hashabiah
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Chashabyah', חֲשִׁבְיָה [and in 1 Chronicles 25:3; 1 Chronicles 26:20; 2 Chronicles 35:9, the prolonged form Chashabya'hu, חֲשִׁבַיָהוּ ], regarded by Jehovah; Sept. Ἀσεβί, Ἀσώβ, Ἀσεβίας, Ἀσαβία, etc.), the name of at least nine descendants of Levi.
1. Son of Amaziah and father of Malluch, of the family of Merari (1 Chronicles 6:45). B.C. long ante 1014.
2. A son of Jeduthun, appointed by David over the twelfth course of Levitical singers (1 Chronicles 25:3; 1 Chronicles 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 (1 Chronicles 26:30; 1 Chronicles 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 (2 Chronicles 35:9). B.C. 623.
5. Son of Bunni and father of Azrikam, of the family of Merari (1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15). B.C. considerably ante 440.
6. Son of Mattaniah and father of Bani, Levites (Nehemiah 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 (Ezra 8:24). He is probably the same whose father Hilkiah is mentioned in Nehemiah 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 (Ezra 8:19). B.C. 536.
9. A chief of the Levites (Nehemiah 12:24), "ruler of the half part of Keilah," who repaired part of the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:17), and subscribed the covenant of fidelity to Jehovah (Nehemiah 10:11). B.C. 446-410.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hashabiah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/hashabiah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
