Bible Person

Kolaiah

Male · 1 cross reference

This Kolaiah entry refers to a Benjaminite ancestor in Nehemiah 11:7 and the father of Pedaiah, not to the father of the false prophet Ahab in Jeremiah 29. He belongs to the family lines associated with the inhabitants of restored Jerusalem. First appears in Neh 11:7.1

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