This document is about Hosa (Tabernacle Gatekeeper). For other homonyms, please refer to the Hosa document.
A man of the tribe of Levi who served as the western gatekeeper of the tabernacle during the time of David. He was a descendant of Merari.
1 Chr 16:38Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brethren, and Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun) and Hosa) as gatekeepers;
1 Chr 26:10Also Hosa), of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri) the chief (though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief);1 Chr 26:11the second Hilkiah), the third Tebaliah, the fourth Zechariah); all the sons and brethren of Hosa) were thirteen.
1 Chr 26:16To Shuppim) and Hosa) the lot fell for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate by the causeway that goes up, watch against watch.