Figures

Every named figure.

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Abdon (son of Shashak)
Abdon (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite. Distinct from Abdon the judge, Abdon son of Micah, and Abdon son of Jeiel.

Abiel (grandfather of Saul)
Abiel (grandfather of Saul)
JudgesBenjamin

Father of Kish and Ner; grandfather of Saul. Of the Benjamite clan of Becher.

Abitub
Abitub
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim by Hushim.

Adaiah (son of Shimei)
Adaiah (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite. Distinct from Adaiah father of Maaseiah and Adaiah father of Jedidah.

Ahihud (son of Gera)
Ahihud (son of Gera)
JudgesBenjamin

Son begotten by Gera in Manahath after the deportation (1 Chronicles 8:7). Distinct from Ahihud son of Shelomi the Asherite leader (Numbers 34:27).

Ahijah (son of Ehud)
Ahijah (son of Ehud)
JudgesBenjamin

One of the sons of Ehud heading the fathers of Geba's inhabitants (1 Chronicles 8:7). Distinct from many other Ahijahs (the prophet of Shiloh, son of Ahitub, Pelonite, scribe, etc.).

Ahio (son of Beriah)
Ahio (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from Ahio brother of Uzzah and Ahio of Saul's line.

Ahishahar
Ahishahar
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan in 1 Chronicles 7:10.

Anthothijah
Anthothijah

Antothijah

JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak.

Aphiah
Aphiah
JudgesBenjamin

Earliest named ancestor in the genealogy of Saul, called only 'son of a Benjaminite' (1 Samuel 9:1).

Arad (son of Beriah)
Arad (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from Arad the Canaanite king.

Athaliah (Benjamite)
Athaliah (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite. Distinct from Athaliah queen of Judah; here a male personal name.

Baara
Baara
JudgesBenjamin

Wife of Shaharaim sent away with Hushim; sometimes equated with Hodesh of 1 Chronicles 8:9.

Bechorath
Bechorath
JudgesBenjamin

Saul's great-great-grandfather, named in the genealogy of Saul (1 Samuel 9:1).

Benjamin (son of Bilhan)
Benjamin (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan in 1 Chronicles 7:10. Distinct from Benjamin son of Jacob, Benjamin the wall-builder, and Benjamin the returnee.

Beraiah
Beraiah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite.

Beriah (of Aijalon)
Beriah (of Aijalon)
JudgesBenjamin

Head of a Benjamite father's house in Aijalon; with Shema put to flight the inhabitants of Gath. Distinct from Beriah son of Asher and Beriah son of Ephraim.

Bilhan (son of Jediael)
Bilhan (son of Jediael)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jediael in 1 Chronicles 7:10; head of a Benjamite mighty-men's family. Distinct from Bilhan son of Ezer the Horite.

Chenaanah (son of Bilhan)
Chenaanah (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan. Distinct from Chenaanah father of Zedekiah the false prophet.

Eber (son of Elpaal)
Eber (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal in the Benjamite genealogy. Distinct from Eber the patriarch and other Ebers.

Eber (son of Shashak)
Eber (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Eder (son of Beriah)
Eder (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from Eder son of Mushi and the place-name Eder.

Ehud
Ehud
JudgesJudgedelivererWarriorBenjamin

Son of Gera the Benjamite; left-handed deliverer who killed Eglon king of Moab in his upper chamber, ending eighteen years of Moabite oppression. The land had rest eighty years.

Ehud (son of Bilhan)
Ehud (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan in 1 Chronicles 7:10. Distinct from Ehud son of Gera the judge.

Elam (son of Shashak)
Elam (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite. Distinct from Elam son of Shem and many other Elams.

Eliel (son of Shashak)
Eliel (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Eliel (son of Shimei)
Eliel (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite. Distinct from Eliel the Levite singer and other Eliels.

Elienai
Elienai
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite.

Elijah (Benjamite)
Elijah (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite. Distinct from Elijah the Tishbite the prophet.

Elpaal
Elpaal
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim by Hushim; head of a major Benjamite clan whose sons built Ono and Lod and dwelt in Aijalon.

Gera (deporter to Manahath)
Gera (deporter to Manahath)
JudgesBenjamin

Second Gera of 1 Chronicles 8:5,7; named again as the one who deported the Geba inhabitants to Manahath and begot Uzza and Ahihud. Often identified with Gera the father of Ehud the judge (Judges 3:15).

Hanan (son of Shashak)
Hanan (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Hananiah (son of Shashak)
Hananiah (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite. Distinct from Hananiah the prophet and many other Hananiahs.

Heber (son of Elpaal)
Heber (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal. Distinct from Heber the Kenite, Heber son of Beriah of Asher, and Heber son of Mered.

Hizki
Hizki
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal.

Hodesh
Hodesh
JudgesBenjamin

Wife of Shaharaim in Moab; mother of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah.

Hushim (wife of Shaharaim)
Hushim (wife of Shaharaim)
JudgesBenjamin

Wife of Shaharaim; mother of Abitub and Elpaal. Distinct from Hushim son of Dan and Hushim of Aher.

Iphdeiah
Iphdeiah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak.

Iri (Benjamite)
Iri (Benjamite)

Ir

JudgesBenjamin

One of the five sons of Bela in the Chronicler's Benjamite genealogy (1 Chronicles 7:7).

Ishmerai
Ishmerai
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal.

Ishpah
Ishpah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon.

Ishpan
Ishpan
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Izliah
Izliah

Jezliah (KJV)

JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal.

Jaareshiah
Jaareshiah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite.

Jakim (son of Shimei)
Jakim (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of the Benjamite Shimei (= Shema of Aijalon).

Jeremoth (son of Beriah)
Jeremoth (son of Beriah)

Jerimoth

JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from numerous other Jeremoths.

Jeroham (Benjamite)
Jeroham (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Father of a Benjamite sub-clan whose sons are listed in 1 Chronicles 8:27. Distinct from Jeroham father of Elkanah, Jeroham of the priestly line, and Jeroham father of Adaiah.

Jeush (son of Bilhan)
Jeush (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan; head of a Benjamite family. Distinct from Jeush son of Esau, Jeush son of Eshek, and Jeush the Levite.

Jeuz
Jeuz
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Jobab (son of Elpaal)
Jobab (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal. Distinct from Jobab son of Shaharaim and other Jobabs.

Jobab (son of Shaharaim)
Jobab (son of Shaharaim)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh in Moab. Distinct from Jobab king of Edom and Jobab king of Madon.

Joha (son of Beriah)
Joha (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from Joha the Tizite (1 Chronicles 11:45).

Malcam (Benjamite)
Malcam (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Matri
Matri
JudgesBenjamin

Eponym of the Benjaminite clan from which Saul was chosen by lot when Samuel presented the tribes before Yahweh at Mizpah (1 Samuel 10:21).

Mesha (Benjamite)
Mesha (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh. Distinct from Mesha king of Moab, Mesha of Caleb, and Mesha the firstborn.

Meshullam (son of Elpaal)
Meshullam (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal in the Benjamite genealogy. Distinct from many other Meshullams.

Michael (son of Beriah)
Michael (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon.

Mikloth (Benjamite)
Mikloth (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Benjamite of the house of Jeiel of Gibeon, father of Shimeah and ancestor of Saul's family (1 Chronicles 8:32; 9:37-38); also identified by the Chronicler as a chief over David's second monthly division (1 Chronicles 27:4).

Mirmah
Mirmah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Misham
Misham
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal.

Naaman (son of Ehud)
Naaman (son of Ehud)
JudgesBenjamin

One of the sons of Ehud heading the fathers of Geba's inhabitants (1 Chronicles 8:6-7). Distinct from Naaman son of Bela and Naaman the Aramean general.

Ner
Ner
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Abiel; grandfather of Saul and father of Abner. The 1 Chronicles 8-9 genealogies treat him as Kish's brother (uncle of Saul); 1 Samuel 14:51 calls him Saul's uncle.

Penuel (son of Shashak)
Penuel (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite. Distinct from Penuel the place name (Genesis 32) and Penuel of Judah.

Sachia
Sachia
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Shaharaim
Shaharaim
JudgesBenjamin

Benjaminite who 'begot children in the country of Moab' after sending his wives Hushim and Baara away (1 Chronicles 8:8-9).

Shamsherai
Shamsherai
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite.

Shashak
Shashak
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon (per the most common reading); father of a Benjamite sub-clan whose sons are listed in 8:22-25.

Shehariah
Shehariah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite.

Shema (of Aijalon)
Shema (of Aijalon)

Shimei (1 Chronicles 8:21)

JudgesBenjamin

Head of a Benjamite father's house in Aijalon; brother of Beriah. Often equated with the Shimei of 8:21 whose sons are then listed.

Shemed
Shemed

Shamed (KJV)

JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal who, with his brothers, 'built Ono and Lod with its towns.'

Shimrath
Shimrath
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite.

Tarshish (son of Bilhan)
Tarshish (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan. Distinct from Tarshish son of Javan and Tarshish the Persian noble of Esther.

Uzza (son of Gera)
Uzza (son of Gera)
JudgesBenjamin

Son begotten by Gera in Manahath after the deportation of the Geba families (1 Chronicles 8:7). Distinct from Uzza son of Abinadab and Uzza of the Nethinim.

Zabdi (son of Shimei)
Zabdi (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite. Distinct from Zabdi the Judahite (Joshua 7:1).

Zebadiah (son of Beriah)
Zebadiah (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon.

Zebadiah (son of Elpaal)
Zebadiah (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:17). Distinct from Zebadiah son of Beriah and other Zebadiahs.

Zeror
Zeror
JudgesBenjamin

Saul's great-grandfather, named in the genealogy 'Saul son of Kish son of Abiel son of Zeror son of Bechorath son of Aphiah' (1 Samuel 9:1).

Zethan
Zethan
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan.

Zibia
Zibia
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Zichri (son of Jeroham)
Zichri (son of Jeroham)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite. Distinct from Zichri father of Eliezer, Zichri of Korah, and several others.

Zichri (son of Shashak)
Zichri (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Zichri (son of Shimei)
Zichri (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite.

Zillethai (Benjamite)
Zillethai (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite. Distinct from Zillethai of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:20).

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”.