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Nahath

Nahath

(Naʹhath) [Rest; Quietness].

1. Sheik of Edom, son of Reuel and grandson of Esau and his wife Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter.​—Ge 36:2-4, 13, 17.

2. A Levite, descendant of Kohath, and ancestor of Samuel. (1Ch 6:16, 22-28) He is apparently also called “Tohu” and “Toah.”​—1Sa 1:1; 1Ch 6:33-35.

3. A Levite appointed by King Hezekiah as commissioner to assist Conaniah and Shimei with the oversight of “the contribution and the tenth and the holy things” brought to the temple.​—2Ch 31:12, 13.