or, rather, LOCHESH (Heb. Lochesh'לוֹחֵשׁ, with the article הֲלּוֹחֵשׁ, hal- lochesh', the whisperer; Sept. Ἀλλωῆς and Ἀλωῆς, Vulg. Alohes), the father of Shallum, which latter assisted Nehemiah in repairing the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:12, where the name is Anglicized "Halohesh"). He was one of the popular chiefs that subscribed the sacred covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:24). B.C. cir. 410.