Jehovah defends, a priest at Jerusalem, head of one of the sacerdotal courses ( 1 Chronicles 9:10 ; 24:7 ). His "course" went up from Babylon after the Exile ( Ezra 2:36-39 ; Nehemiah 7:39-42 ).

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.