(enchanter), one of the chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:24) (B.C. 410.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ha-lo'-hesh (ha-lochesh, "the whisperer," "the slanderer"): A post-exilic chief whose son Shallum assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem (Ne 3:12, the KingJamesVersion "Halohesh"). He was also one of the leaders who signed the national covenant (Ne 10:24 (Hebrew 25)).