HASHABIAH hăsh’ ə bī’ ə (חֲשַׁבְיָ֥ה, Yahweh has taken account). 1. Two Merarite Levites (1 Chron 6:45; 9:14).

2. One of the sons of Jeduthun (1 Chron 25:3, 19). He was the head of the twelfth company of musicians appointed by David for the sanctuary.

3. A Kohathite Levite of the family of Hebron; appointed by David as his deputy for the area W of the Jordan River (1 Chron 26:30).

4. Son of Kemuel; a Levite chief officer under King David (1 Chron 27:17).

5. A chief of the Levites in Josiah’s reign; he gave liberally toward the sacrifices (2 Chron 35:9; 1 Esd 1:9, KJV ASSABIAS, ASV SABIAS).

6. A Levite who returned from exile with Ezra (Ezra 8:19; 1 Esd 8:48, KJV ASEBIA, ASV ASEBIAS).

7. One of the priests entrusted with the Temple treasures which were brought to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:24; 1 Esd 8:54; KJV ASSANIAS, ASV ASSANIAS).

8. A ruler of half of the district of Keilah who helped repair the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 3:17); he also helped to seal the covenant (Neh 10:11; 12:24).

9. A priest in the time of Joiakim the high priest; head of the father’s house of Hilkiah (Neh 12:21). In Ezra 10:25 the RSV substitutes Hashabiah for the KJV MALCHIJAH (the Heb. has MALCHIJAH, but the LXX has ASABIA) to agree with 1 Esdras 9:26 where the Gr. has ASIBIAS.