Bible Person
Male · 1 cross reference
This Meshullam entry refers to the man standing beside Ezra in Nehemiah 8:4, not to the many genealogical, priestly, and rebuilding figures of the same name elsewhere. He belongs to the public setting in which the law is read to the restored community. First appears in Neh 8:4.1
AI summary: This Meshullam matters because his single cross reference places him visibly beside Ezra during the reading of the law. The entry helps show that covenant renewal after exile was a public act supported by named witnesses and leaders. Taken together, the material presents this Meshullam as a supporting figure in the public reading of Scripture.1
Central Figure
Meshullam
One of the principal Israelites who supported Ezra when expounding the law to the people (Neh.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.