Kore in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(partridge). 1. A Korahite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the reign of David. 1Ch 9:19; 26:1 (B.C. 1014.) 2. Son of Imnah, a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. He had charge of the offerings. 2Ch 31:14 (B.C. 726.) 3. In the Authorized Version of 1Ch 26:19 "the sons of Kore" (following the Vulgate Core) should properly be "the sons of the Korhite."