Bible Person
Meaning: judgment of God; God my judge · Male · 2 cross references
This Daniel entry refers to a returnee or covenant-signing figure in Ezra and Nehemiah, not to Daniel the exilic prophet. He belongs to the restored community's leadership and reform context. First appears in Ezra 8:2.1
AI summary: This Daniel matters because the cross references place his name within the post-exilic rebuilding and covenantal setting of Jerusalem. Even when overshadowed by the more famous prophet of the same name, this Daniel reflects the many lesser-known figures whose participation helped shape restored communal life. Taken together, the material presents this Daniel as a post-exilic leader whose place contributes to the renewal of Judah.1
Central Figure
Daniel
Meaning: judgment of God; God my judge
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.