(the Lord says). (1) Father of Ahitub (1 Chron. 6:7). (2) A high priest (2 Chron. 19:11). (3) Head of a Kohathite family (1 Chron. 23:19; 24:23). (4) Head of one of the twenty-four courses of priests (2 Chron. 31:15; Neh. 10:3). (5) A priest in Ezra’s time (Ezra 10:42). (6) A priest who returned with Zerubbabel (Neh. 10:3; 12:2,13). (1) An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet (Zeph. 1:1).