Bible Person

Meshullam

Male · 1 cross reference

This Meshullam entry refers to the man named in Ezra 10:15 alongside Jonathan, not to the many other figures of the same name elsewhere. He belongs to the tense public setting in which the restored community works through covenant reform. First appears in Ezra 10:15.1

AI summary: This Meshullam matters because his single cross reference places him among those who resist or question the method used to address unlawful marriages. The entry helps show that post-exilic reform was not frictionless but involved real disagreement within the community. Taken together, the material presents this Meshullam as a dissenting figure in Ezra's reform context.1

Central Figure

Meshullam