a wise man
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Hach'moni. (wise). Hach'moni. Son of, and The Hach'monite. 1Ch_11:11; 1Ch_27:32. Hachmon or Hachmoni was no doubt the founder of a family, to which these men belonged: the actual father of Jashobeam was Zabdiel, 1Ch_27:2, and he is also said to have belonged to the Korhites. 1Ch_12:6. (B.C. before 1046).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Hachmoni
(Heb. Chakmoni', חִכְמֹנַי, wise; Sept. Α᾿χαμανί v.r. Α᾿χαμί,Vulg. Hachamioni), a man only known as the father (or ancestor; comp. 1Ch_27:2) of Jashobeam, the chief of David's warriors (1Ch_11:11, where son of Hachmoni is rendered HACHMONITE, for which the parallel passage, 2Sa_23:8, has TACHIONITE); and also of Jehiel, the companion of the princes in the royal household (1Ch_27:32). B.C. considerably ante 1046. Hachmon or Hachmoni was no doubt the founder of a family to which these men belonged: the actual father of Jashobeam was Zabdiel (1Ch_27:2), and he is also said to have belonged to the Korhites (1Ch_12:6); possibly the Levites descended from Korah. But the name Hachmon nowhere appears in the genealogies of the Levites. See Kennicott, Diss. p. 72, 82, who calls attention to the fact that names given in Chronicles with Ben are in Samuel given without the Ben, but with the definite article. A less probable view is that which makes this term a title of office, q. d. counselor. SEE JASHOBEAM.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
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