(father of nobility). (1) A Levite of Kirjath-jearim to whose house the ark was brought, and where it stayed for twenty years (1 Sam. 7:1-2; 2 Sam. 6:3-4; 1 Chron. 13:7). (2) Second son of Jesse, and One of the three who followed Saul to battle (1 Sam. 16:8; 17:13). (3) Son of Saul slain at Gilboa (1 Sam. 31:2; 1 Chron. 8:33). (4) Father of one of the twelve chief officers of Solomon (1 Kings 4:11).