JOAH

jo'-a (yo'ach, "Yahweh is brother"):

(1) Son of Asaph and recorder under King Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18,26; Isaiah 36:3,11,22); he was one of the 3 officers sent by the king to speak to the Assyrian envoys at the siege of Jerusalem (circa 701 BC).

(2) In 1 Ch 6:21 (Hebrews 6); 2 Chronicles 29:12, a Levite (son of Zimmah) = "Ethan" of 1 Chronicles 6:42 (Hebrew 27).

(3) a son of Obed-edom (1 Chronicles 26:4).

(4) Son of Joahaz and recorder under King Josiah (2 Chronicles 34:8).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.