Bible Person

Shechaniah

Male · 1 cross reference

This Shechaniah entry refers to the ancestral or clan designation behind Hattush in Ezra 8:3, not to the Tobiah-related father-in-law or the returnee family in Ezra 8:5. It functions as a family label within the return from exile. First appears in Ezra 8:3.1

AI summary: This Shechaniah matters because the single cross reference ties a returnee leader to a recognized ancestral house. The entry helps show that restoration was organized through remembered families as well as individual leaders. Taken together, the material presents this Shechaniah as a family designation in the return from exile.1

Central Figure

Shechaniah