1. A leader of the choir in David’s time, and once called a “seer” (2 Chron. 29:30). He was descended from Gershom the Levite (1 Chron. 6:39; 1 Chron. 15:17,19; 1 Chron. 16:5,7,37). Twelve psalms are attributed to him, namely, Psalm 50, Psalm 73-83. His office seems to have been hereditary (Ezra 2:41; Ezra 3:10; Neh. 7:44).
2. Father of Joah recorder to Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18,37; Isa. 36:3,22).
3. A Levite, whose descendants dwelt in Jerusalem after the exile (1 Chron. 9:15).
4. A Korhite, whose posterity were porters in the tabernacle in the time of David (1 Chron. 26:1).
5. An officer, probably a Jew, controller of the forests of king Artaxerxes in Judaea (Neh. 2:8).