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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Hosah (Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy)

A Levite of Merari's family whom David made a gatekeeper, and his family kept the post after him.

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First, in plain English

A Levite of Merari's family whom David made a gatekeeper, and his family kept the post after him.

Who this is

Hosah is a name shared by a place and a person. It marks a town on the border of Asher near Tyre (Joshua 19:29) and, more prominently, a Levite of the family of Merari whom David appointed as one of the gatekeepers of the sanctuary, a post his family continued to hold (1 Chronicles 16:38; 26:10-16).

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The word

H2621

Where it appears
  • 1 Chronicles 16:38
  • 1 Chronicles 26:10
  • 1 Chronicles 26:11
  • 1 Chronicles 26:16

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