Bible Person

Tabeel

Male · 1 cross reference

Tabeel is the official involved in opposition to Jerusalem's rebuilding in Ezra 4:7. He belongs to the administrative and political resistance faced by the restored community. First appears in Ezra 4:7.1

AI summary: Tabeel matters because his single cross reference places him within the bureaucratic machinery used to frustrate Jerusalem's rebuilding. The entry helps show that resistance to restoration worked not only through force but through formal imperial channels. Taken together, the material presents Tabeel as an official in the politics of opposition.1

Central Figure

Tabeel

A Persian governor of Samaria, who joined others in the attempt to prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Ezra 4:7).