Bible Person

Shephathiah

Male · 1 cross reference

This Shephathiah entry refers to the Benjaminite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 9:8 and the father of Meshullam, not to Jehoshaphat's son, the Benjamite supporter, or the Simeonite prince. He belongs to the family lines associated with the inhabitants of restored Jerusalem. First appears in 1 Chr 9:8.1

AI summary: This Shephathiah matters because his single cross reference helps define one household within the restored city's settled population. Even a brief paternal notice contributes to the picture of Jerusalem being repopulated through remembered families. Taken together, the material presents this Shephathiah as a genealogical figure in post-exilic Jerusalem.1