Hashum in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ha'-shum (chashum): (1) In Ezr 2:19; Neh 7:22, "children of Hashum" are mentioned among the returning exiles. In Ezr 10:33 (compare 1 Esdras 9:33, "Asom"), members of the same family are named among those who married foreign wives. (2) One of those who stood on Ezra's left at the reading of the law (Neh 8:4; 1 Esdras 9:44, "Lothasubus"). The signer of the covenant (Neh 10:18) is possibly the same.