Bible Person
Male · 3 cross references
This Urijah entry refers to the father of Meremoth in the Ezra-Nehemiah material, not to the prophet slain by Jehoiakim. He appears through a priestly family line active in restoration and rebuilding. First appears in Ezra 8:33.1
AI summary: This Urijah matters because the cross references place his house behind Meremoth, a figure involved with both the safe handling of temple valuables and the repair of Jerusalem's wall. Though Urijah himself remains in the background, his line participates in the practical trustworthiness required for restoration. Taken together, the material presents this Urijah as a priestly family source within the rebuilding and safeguarding of post-exilic Jerusalem.1
Central Figure
Urijah
The father of Meremoth, mentioned in Ezra 8:33.
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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.