Bible Person

Tobijah

Male · 1 cross reference

Tobijah is one of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 17:8 to teach the people. He belongs to Judah's effort to spread covenant instruction through the kingdom. First appears in 2 Chr 17:8.1

AI summary: Tobijah matters because his single cross reference places him within Jehoshaphat's remarkable initiative to teach the law throughout Judah. The entry helps show that reform could involve organized instruction and not only temple-centered action. Taken together, the material presents Tobijah as a teaching Levite in Jehoshaphat's reign.1

Central Figure

Tobijah

Id., a Levite sent out through Judah by Jehoshaphat to teach the people (2 Chr.