Bible Person
Meaning: a savior; a deliverer · Male · 2 cross references
This Joshua entry refers to the Beth-shemite associated with the field where the ark cart stops, not to Joshua son of Nun. He belongs to the local setting of one of the ark narrative's most memorable return scenes. First appears in 1 Sam 6:14.1
AI summary: This Joshua matters because the cross references place his field at the spot where the ark's return from Philistine territory becomes visible and celebrated. Though he is not the protagonist, his property becomes part of a sacred historical memory tied to the ark's arrival. Taken together, the material presents this Joshua as a background landholder whose field is woven into a pivotal ark-return event.1
Central Figure
Joshua
Meaning: a savior; a deliverer
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.