Bible Person
Meaning: the work of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference
This Maaseiah entry refers to the governor of Jerusalem sent by Josiah in 2 Chronicles 34:8, not to the captains, Levites, or post-exilic namesakes elsewhere. He belongs to the civic leadership that supports Judah's reform. First appears in 2 Chr 34:8.1
AI summary: This Maaseiah matters because his single cross reference places him within the official effort to restore the temple under Josiah. The entry shows that renewal in Judah involved civic administration alongside priestly and prophetic work. Taken together, the material presents this Maaseiah as a governor involved in Josiah's reform.1
Central Figure
Maaseiah
Meaning: the work of the Lord
One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chr.
One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chr. 34:8). He was governor (Heb. sar, rendered elsewhere in the Authorized Version “prince,” “chief captain,” chief ruler”) of Jerusalem. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.