Bible Person
Meaning: God hearing · Male · 1 cross reference
Elishama is a priest sent out by Jehoshaphat to teach the law in Judah. He belongs to the reforming mission that combines leadership with public instruction in God's word. First appears in 2 Chr 17:8.1
AI summary: Elishama matters because his single cross reference places him among those commissioned to spread teaching throughout Judah. The entry shows that Jehoshaphat's reform was not only political but educational and spiritual. Taken together, the material presents Elishama as a teacher-priest in Judah's renewal.1
Central Figure
Elishama
Meaning: God hearing
A priest sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the people the law (2 Chr.
A priest sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the people the law (2 Chr. 17:8). 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.