Bible Person
Meaning: high; merciful; beloved · Male · 2 cross references
This Jeroham entry refers to the priestly figure in the Jerusalem lists of Chronicles and Nehemiah, not to the Samuel-line ancestor already separately overridden. He belongs to the priestly continuity through which restored worship is maintained after exile. First appears in 1 Chr 9:12.1
AI summary: This Jeroham matters because the cross references place him among the priestly households dwelling and serving in restored Jerusalem. Even without a separate narrative, his inclusion reflects the institutional continuity that gives post-exilic worship stability and legitimacy. Taken together, the material presents this Jeroham as a priestly family figure whose place supports the structured religious life of the restored city.1
Central Figure
Jeroham
Meaning: high; merciful; beloved
1 Chr.
1 Chr. 9:12; a priest, perhaps the same as in Neh. 11:12. 3
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.