the silence of the Lord
(same as Hashabnah)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
1. Neh_3:10.
2. Neh_9:5.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Hashabni'ah. (whom Jehovah regards).
1. Father of Hattush. Neh_3:10.
2. A Levite, who was among those who officiated at the great fast, under Ezra and Nehemiah, when the covenant was sealed. Neh_9:5. (B.C. 410).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Hashabniah
(Heb. Chashabneyah', חֲשַׁבְיָה, i.q. חֲשִׁבַנְיָה,Hashabnah; Sept. Α᾿σβανία, Σεβανί), the name of two men about the time of the return from Babylon.
1. Father of Hattush, which latter repaired part of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh_3:10). B.C. ante 446.
2. One of the Levites appointed by Ezra to interpret the law to the people (Neh_9:5). B.C. cir. 410.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.