Bible Person
Meaning: my rest · Male · 1 cross reference
This Shabbethai entry refers to the Levite in Nehemiah 8:7, not to the dissenting figure in Ezra 10:15 or the official in Nehemiah 11:16. He belongs to the teaching ministry surrounding the public reading of the law. First appears in Neh 8:7.1
AI summary: This Shabbethai matters because his single cross reference places him among the Levites who help the people understand the law when it is read aloud. The entry shows that covenant renewal depended not only on hearing Scripture but on faithful explanation. Taken together, the material presents this Shabbethai as a Levite serving in the public teaching of the law.1
Central Figure
Shabbethai
Meaning: my rest
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Neh |
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.