Bible Person

Reuel

Meaning: the shepherd or friend of God · Male · 1 cross reference

Reuel is a Benjaminite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 9:8 and the father of Shephathiah. He belongs to the family lines associated with the inhabitants of restored Jerusalem. First appears in 1 Chr 9:8.1

AI summary: Reuel matters because his single cross reference helps define one household within the restored city's settled population. Even a brief paternal notice contributes to the picture of Jerusalem being repopulated through remembered families. Taken together, the material presents Reuel as a genealogical figure in post-exilic Jerusalem.1

Central Figure

Reuel

Meaning: the shepherd or friend of God

Children