Bible Person
Male · 3 cross references
This Berechiah entry refers to the father of Meshullam in Nehemiah's rebuilding and alliance context, not the father of Asaph already separately overridden. He belongs to the post-exilic social network around Jerusalem's wall and its political tensions. First appears in Neh 3:4.1
AI summary: This Berechiah matters because the cross references place his household at the intersection of rebuilding and compromise in Nehemiah's Jerusalem. Through Meshullam and related ties, the name appears in work on the wall and in the web of loyalties that complicate reform. Taken together, the material presents this Berechiah as a restoration-era family figure whose household stands within both rebuilding and political strain.1
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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.