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Father of Maasai the post-exilic priest. Distinct from Adiel the Simeonite chief and Adiel father of David's treasurer.
Ancestor of Amashsai the priest (Nehemiah 11:13). Possibly Jahzerah of 1 Chronicles 9:12.
Ancestor of Adaiah the priest (Nehemiah 11:12).
Father of Berechiah the post-exilic Levite. Distinct from King Asa.
Grandfather of Shemaiah the Levite (1 Chronicles 9:14). Distinct from Azrikam son of Azel and other Azrikams.
Grandfather of Shemaiah the Levite (Nehemiah 11:15). Distinct from Azrikam son of Neariah and Azrikam the doorkeeper.
Most-distant named Levite ancestor of Shemaiah (Nehemiah 11:15). Possibly the same Bunni who sealed Nehemiah's covenant (Nehemiah 10:15).
Priestly father of Ezekiel the prophet, named only in the superscription of his book (Ezekiel 1:3).
Grandfather of Berechiah; ancestor of Levites dwelling in Netophathite villages (1 Chronicles 9:16).
Son of Buzi the priest; deported to Babylon in 597 BC with Jehoiachin. Called as prophet in his thirtieth year (593 BC) by the river Chebar; ministered until at least 571 BC. Visions of the cherubim, the dry bones, and the new temple. Sign-acts of the brick, the hair, the refusal to mourn his wife.
Son of Jeduthun the chief musician; grandfather of Obadiah the post-exilic Jeduthunite Levite. Distinct from Galal of 1 Chronicles 9:15.
Great-grandfather of Shemaiah the post-exilic Levite. Distinct from many other Hashabiahs.
Ancestor of Shemaiah the Levite (Nehemiah 11:15).
Grandfather of Uzzi the overseer (Nehemiah 11:22). Asaphite Levite.
Father of Shemaiah the post-exilic Levite. Distinct from Hasshub the wall-builder.
Levite ancestor whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel and helped supervise temple construction (Ezra 3:9). Father of Binnui and Bavvai the wall builders.
Ahzai (Nehemiah 11:13)
Grandfather of Maasai the post-exilic priest (1 Chronicles 9:12); often equated with Ahzai of the Nehemiah 11 parallel.
Jozadak · Josedech
Son of Seraiah; carried into Babylonian exile when Yahweh sent Judah away by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Father of Joshua the high priest of the post-exilic restoration.
Son of Hilkiah of the priests at Anathoth; called from the womb. Prophesied 627–586 BC and into the exile. The 'weeping prophet'; counseled submission to Babylon and was imprisoned for treason. Witnessed Jerusalem's fall; carried into Egypt against his will and tradition says martyred there. Author of Jeremiah and Lamentations.
Ancestor of Uzzi the overseer (Nehemiah 11:22). Possibly the same as Mattaniah of v.17 a generation earlier.
Meshillemoth (Nehemiah 11:13)
Ancestor of Maasai; son of Immer (1 Chronicles 9:12).
Ancestor of Amashsai the priest (Nehemiah 11:13). Distinct from Meshillemoth of Ephraim (2 Chronicles 28:12).
Great-grandfather of Maasai the post-exilic priest.
Father of Mattaniah the post-exilic Asaphite Levite.
Father of Mattaniah the Asaphite (Nehemiah 11:17).
Ancestral head of the returnee priestly clan called 'sons of Pashhur' (Ezra 2:38; Ezra 10:22). Distinct from Pashhur son of Immer (the priest who imprisoned Jeremiah) and from Pashhur son of Malchijah.
Ancestor of Adaiah the priest (Nehemiah 11:12).
Son of Azariah; chief priest at the fall of Jerusalem. Captured by Nebuzaradan at Riblah and put to death by Nebuchadnezzar. Father of Jehozadak. Distinct from Seraiah son of Neriah (Jeremiah's quartermaster, Jeremiah 51:59) and other Seraiahs.
Father of Abda the Jeduthunite singer (Nehemiah 11:17).
Father of Obadiah the Jeduthunite Levite.
Grandson of Asaph; ancestor of Mattaniah (Nehemiah 11:17). 1 Chronicles 9:15 calls him Zichri.
Ancestor of Adaiah the priest (Nehemiah 11:12). Distinct from Zechariah of Asaph and Zechariah son of Jehoiada.
Second priest in Zedekiah's reign; carried letters between the king and Jeremiah; received the false prophet Shemaiah's letter from Babylon. Executed by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah.
Grandfather of Mattaniah the post-exilic Asaphite Levite; son of Asaph the chief musician.
Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.