HASHABIAH (r02ziri, or with the 1 parag.
• )rom,.;r1; LXX. 'Acraplas, lapla ; Vulg. Hasabia, Hasebia).
1. One of the descendants of Merari the son of Levi, Chron. vi. 45 (Heb. 30.) It is probably the same who is referred to in Chron. ix. 14. and Neh. xi. 15. The close agreement of these two passages constrains the conclusion that the persons spoken of are the same in both ; and that the Ha 1 shabiah mentioned in them is identical with the Hashabiah of Chron. vi. 45 is shewn to be highly probable by a comparison of ver. 46 with Neh. xi. 15. In the former verse the descent from Merari is traced through Bani (+)2), in the latter Hashabiah is said to be the son of Bunni VZ12), forms so closely related that in the connection in which they occur they may with good reason be taken to be the names of the same person.
2. One of the sons of Jeduthan the harper, and leader of the twelfth course of musicians appointed by David to conduct the service of song in the house of the Lord, Chron. xxv. 3, 19.
3. A Levite, a descendant of Hebron, the son of Kohath, and one of David's men of valour, Chron. XXVi. 30. It is probably the same who (1 Chron. xxvii. 17) is called the son of Kemuel, and said to have been appointed ruler of the Levites.
4. A chief of the Levites in the reign of Josiah, 2 Chron. xxxv. 9 ; r Esdms 9.
5. A descendant of Merari, and one of the priests whom Ezra took up with him .to Jerusalem to minister in the temple, and to whom he entrusted the care of the vessels of silver and gold during the journey from Ahava, Ezra viii. 19, 24. It is to the same, probably, that reference is made in Neh. xii. 24.
6. A Levite, one of the builders of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah, Neh. 17 ; and one of those who sealed the covenant, Neh. X. I I (Heb. 12).
7. One of the descendants of Asaph, Neh. xi.