Bible Person

Kolaiah

Male · 1 cross reference

This Kolaiah entry refers to the father of Ahab in Jeremiah 29:21, not to the Benjaminite ancestor in Nehemiah 11. He belongs to the family background of one of the false prophets denounced in exile. First appears in Jer 29:21.1

AI summary: This Kolaiah matters because his single cross reference supports the identity of a false prophet condemned by Jeremiah in Babylon. Even a paternal notice helps locate that condemned ministry within a remembered household. Taken together, the material presents this Kolaiah as a familial source in the background of exilic false prophecy.1

Central Figure

Kolaiah