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Hashabiah

Hashabiah was a Levite supervisor in Jerusalem after the exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 11:22.

Why it matters. A Levite supervisor in Jerusalem.

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Hashabiah

Hashabiah was a Levite who served as a supervisor in Jerusalem after the return from Babylonian exile. He is described as the leader of the Levites in Jerusalem and was responsible for the outside work of the house of God. This likely involved overseeing various duties related to the maintenance and operation of the temple. (Neh.11.22).

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Mattaniah
Siblings
Shemaiah
Children
Bani

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.