Bible Person

Shechaniah

Male · 1 cross reference

This Shechaniah entry refers to the ancestral or clan designation behind the son of Jahaziel in Ezra 8:5, not to the family label in Ezra 8:3 or the Tobiah-related father-in-law. It functions as a family label within the return from exile. First appears in Ezra 8:5.1

AI summary: This Shechaniah matters because the single cross reference ties a returnee group 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

Ezra 8:5.