Bible Person

Bichri

Meaning: first-born; first fruits · Male · 8 cross references

Bichri is remembered chiefly as the father of Sheba son of Bichri, the Benjaminite who sparks revolt against David. His own role is genealogical, but his name remains visible because of the rebellion attached to his son. First appears in 2 Sam 20:1.1

AI summary: Bichri matters because the cross references keep his name attached to one of the last dangerous uprisings in David's reign. He has no developed story of his own, yet the repeated label "Sheba son of Bichri" gives his family identity political weight in the narrative. In that way his name becomes part of the remembered texture of civil instability after Absalom. Taken together, the material presents Bichri as a minor ancestral figure whose significance is carried entirely through the revolt of his son.1

Central Figure

Bichri

Meaning: first-born; first fruits