HOSAH

(Hoʹsah) [refuge].

1. A Merarite gatekeeper for the tent in which the ark of the covenant was put by David. (1 Chron. 16:1, 37, 38) He and his sons made up a division of gatekeepers assigned to the Shallecheth gate on the W of the sanctuary.—1 Chron. 26:10-19.

2. A city in Asher apparently near Tyre, but otherwise unknown.—Josh. 19:24, 29, 30.