Bible Person
Meaning: creature of God · Male · 1 cross reference
This Asahel entry refers to the father of Jonathan in the small group opposing Ezra's marriage-reform action, not to the Levitical officials of the same name. He belongs to the social tension of post-exilic covenant correction. First appears in Ezra 10:15.1
AI summary: This Asahel matters because his single cross reference places his house within one of the few noted instances of resistance to Ezra's reforming effort. Even a brief paternal notice contributes to the complexity of the restored community's moral and communal struggle. Taken together, the material presents this Asahel as a family source in a moment of post-exilic tension.1
Central Figure
Asahel
Meaning: creature of God
Children
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Ezra |
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.