1. A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time
of David
(1 Chronicles 24:12)
2. A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah
(Nehemiah 12:22,23) He
rebuilt the eastern city wall
(Nehemiah 3:1) his own mansion being in
that quarter, on the ridge Ophel
(Nehemiah 3:20,21) His indulgence of
Tobiah the Ammonite provoked the indignation of Nehemiah
