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Hosah
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Hosah. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Refuge.
Hosah (1)
#A place on the border of the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:29), a little to the south of Zidon.
Hosah (2)
#A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 16:38).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
a Merarite Levite, chosen by David to be one of the first doorkeepers to the ark after its arrival in Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 16:38) (B.C. 1014.)
(refuge), a city of Asher, (Joshua 19:29) The next landmark on the boundary to Tyre.
In the Bible
5
Verses where Hosah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 16:38
along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.
- 1 Chronicles 26:10
Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
- 1 Chronicles 26:11
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all.
- 1 Chronicles 26:16
The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.
- Joshua 19:29
The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
Scripture on Hosah
3
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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