Bible Person

Bocheru

Meaning: the first born · Male · 2 cross references

Bocheru is a Benjaminite descendant listed among the sons of Azel in Chronicles. He belongs to the dense genealogical memory through which Benjamin's internal houses are preserved. First appears in 1 Chr 8:38.1

AI summary: Bocheru matters because the cross references place him within the repeatedly transmitted Benjaminite lineages that anchor the tribe's remembered structure. Even small entries like this show the Chronicler's determination to preserve continuity through named descendants. Taken together, the material presents Bocheru as a Benjaminite genealogical figure whose place supports the ordered memory of the tribe.1