Person

Hosah

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Named at 1 Chronicles 16:38 as a doorkeeper: “and Obed-Edom with their sixty-eight relatives; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers”. The Korean Revised Version reads 오벧에돔과 그 형제 육십 팔인과 여두둔의 아들 오벧에돔과 호사로 문지기를 삼았고 (Obed-Edom and his brothers, sixty-eight, and Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, made doorkeepers). 1 Chronicles 26:10 says, “Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief”, with the words “for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief” in WEB’s parentheses; 26:11 names “Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth” and ends, “All the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.” 26:16 says, “To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.” The Korean Revised Version calls Shimri 장자, the word for the eldest son, where WEB reads “chief”.

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1CH 16:37–42, engwebp
³⁷So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required;
³⁸and Obed-Edom with their sixty-eight relatives; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
³⁹and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests, before the LORD’s tabernacle in the high place that was at Gibeon,
⁴⁰to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the LORD’s law, which he commanded to Israel;
⁴¹and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his loving kindness endures forever;
⁴²and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
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1CH 26:1–11, engwebp
¹For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
²Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.
⁴Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.
⁶Sons were also born to Shemaiah his son, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
⁷The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose relatives were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom with their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
⁹Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, eighteen valiant men.
¹⁰Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),
¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
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1CH 26:12–19, engwebp
¹²Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the LORD’s house.
¹³They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.
¹⁴The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
¹⁵To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.
¹⁷Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.
¹⁸For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
¹⁹These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
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Hosah — Father of — Shimri (son of Hosah)

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 26:1–11
Took part in (3) — Asaph and his brothers left before the ark of the LORD’s covenant, and Zadok the priest before the LORD’s tabernacle in the high place at Gibeon, The divisions of the doorkeepers: Meshelemiah, Obed-Edom, and Hosah with their sons, The lots cast for every gate, according to their fathers’ houses

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1 Chronicles 16:38 Open that verse

and Obed-Edom with their sixty-eight relatives; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;

1 Chronicles 26:10 Open that verse

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),

1 Chronicles 26:11 Open that verse

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.

1 Chronicles 26:16 Open that verse

To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.

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Entry: Hosah (person-hosah)
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Current wording: Named at 1 Chronicles 16:38 as a doorkeeper: “and Obed-Edom with their sixty-eight relatives; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers”. The Korean Revised Version reads 오벧에돔과 그 형제 육십 팔인과 여두둔의 아들 오벧에돔과 호사로 문지기를 삼았고 (Obed-Edom and his brothers, sixty-eight, and Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, made doorkeepers). 1 Chronicles 26:10 says, “Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief”, with the words “for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief” in WEB’s parentheses; 26:11 names “Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth” and ends, “All the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.” 26:16 says, “To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.” The Korean Revised Version calls Shimri 장자, the word for the eldest son, where WEB reads “chief”.
Cited evidence: 1CH 16:37–42, engwebp / 1CH 26:1–11, engwebp / 1CH 26:12–19, engwebp
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