Bible Person
Male · 1 cross reference
Regem-melech is one of the men sent in Zechariah 7:2 to ask about fasting practices. He belongs to the post-exilic community's effort to understand obedience after judgment and return. First appears in Zech 7:2.1
Identity
male
First appears
Zech 7:2
AI summary: Regem-melech matters because his single cross reference stands at the start of a prophetic exchange about ritual, repentance, and true justice. The entry helps show that restored worship required renewed understanding, not mere continuation of inherited habits. Taken together, the material presents Regem-melech as a messenger in a post-exilic inquiry.1
Central Figure
Regem-melech
Friend of the king, one of the two messengers sent by the exiled Jews to Jerusalem in the time of Darius (Zech.
Identity
male
Friend of the king, one of the two messengers sent by the exiled Jews to Jerusalem in the time of Darius (Zech. 7:2) to make inquiries at the temple. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
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| Zech |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.