Meaning
1. A Levite, a native of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark remained 20 years. (1Sam 7:1; 1Sam 7:2; 1Chronicles 13:7) (B.C. 1124.)
2. Second son of Jesse, who followed Saul to his war against the Philistines, (1Samuel 16:8; 17:13) (B.C. 1063.)
3. A son of Saul, who was slain with his brothers at the fatal battle on Mount Gilboa. (1Samuel 31:2) (B.C. 1053.)
4. Father of one of the twelve chief officers of Solomon. (1Kings 4:11) (B.C. before 1014.)