Bible Person
Male · 2 cross references
Kelita is a Levite who assists Ezra in helping the people understand the law and later appears in covenantal contexts. He belongs to the spiritually active leadership of post-exilic Jerusalem. First appears in Neh 8:7.1
Identity
male
First appears
Neh 8:7
AI summary: Kelita matters because the cross references place him in the public reading and interpretation of the law, one of the defining scenes of post-exilic renewal. His role shows that restoration depended on leaders who could help the people hear, grasp, and respond to God's word. Taken together, the material presents Kelita as a Levitical teacher whose service supports the moral and spiritual rebuilding of the community.1
Central Figure
Kelita
Dwarf, a Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the people (Neh.
Identity
male
Dwarf, a Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the people (Neh. 8:7; 10:10). 3
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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.