Servant of Edom.

A Levite belonging to the family of Kohath; called a Gittite because he belonged to the Levitical city of Gath-rimmon. The Ark was kept at his house for six months (2 Sam. 6: 10-12; 1 Chr. 13: 13-14). He was made doorkeeper of the Ark in Zion (1 Chr. 15: 24-25; 1 Chr. 16: 5, 38). His family kept the temple storehouse (1 Chr. 26: 4, 8, 15; 2 Chr. 25: 24).