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1 . A leader of the choir in David's time, and once called a 'seer.' 2 Chr. 29: 30. He was descended from Gershom the Levite. 1 Chr. 6:
39; 1 Chr. 15: 17, 19; 1 Chr. 16: 5, 7, 37, etc. Twelve psalms are attributed to him, namely, 50, 73 to 83. His office seems to have been hereditary. Ezra 2: 41; Ezra 3: 10; Neh. 7: 44, etc.
2. Father of Joah recorder to Hezekiah. 2 Kings 18: 18, 37; Isa. 36: 3, 22.
3. A Levite, whose descendants dwelt in Jerusalem after the exile. 1 Chr. 9: 15.
4. A Korhite, whose posterity were porters in the tabernacle in the time of David. 1 Chr. 26: 1.
5. An officer, probably a Jew, controller of the forests of king Artaxerxes in Judaea. Neh. 2: 8.