Bible Person

Zilthai

Meaning: my shadow; my talk · Male · 1 cross reference

This Zilthai entry refers to a Benjamite in 1 Chronicles 8:20, not to the Manassite captain who joins David at Ziklag. He belongs to the compact genealogical material preserving Benjamin's internal branches. First appears in 1 Chr 8:20.1

AI summary: This Zilthai matters because his single cross reference contributes one more name to Benjamin's densely layered family record. Even a brief genealogical entry helps preserve the continuity and detail of the tribe's internal structure. Taken together, the material presents this Zilthai as a Benjaminite family figure in the preserved genealogy.1