Every named figure.
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Levitical singer of Jeduthun's house (Nehemiah 11:17). 1 Chronicles 9:16 calls him Obadiah son of Shemaiah.
Levite returnee dwelling in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:15).
Levite who served opposite Mattaniah in worship; chief of the gatekeepers in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 11:17, 12:9, 12:25).
Second of his brothers among the Levites; Asaphite singer (Nehemiah 11:17; 12:9).
Levite returnee living in the villages of the Netophathites (1 Chronicles 9:16). Distinct from Berechiah father of Zechariah the prophet, Berechiah son of Iddo, and others.
Of the singers; put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:24). Distinct from Eliashib the high priest.
Levite who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:23). Distinct from Eliezer of Damascus and Eliezer son of Moses.
Levite returnee dwelling in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:15). Distinct from Galal son of Jeduthun (9:16).
Levite returnee dwelling in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:15).
Levite who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:23). Distinct from Judah the patriarch.
Levite who put away his foreign wife; called Kelita (Ezra 10:23). Likely same as Kelita who taught the Law (Nehemiah 8:7) and sealed Nehemiah's covenant (Nehemiah 10:10).
Levite of the Asaphite line dwelling in Jerusalem; son of Mica son of Zichri son of Asaph (1 Chronicles 9:15). Distinct from many other Mattaniahs.
Levite of the Jeduthun line dwelling in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:16). Distinct from many other Obadiahs.
Levite who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:23). Distinct from Pethahiah of the priestly course (1 Chronicles 24:16) and Pethahiah son of Meshezabel (Nehemiah 11:24).
Chief of the Levites in charge of the outside business of God's house (Nehemiah 11:16). Same as Shabbethai who taught the Law (Nehemiah 8:7) and Shabbethai of Ezra 10:15.
Gatekeeper who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:24).
Levite chief in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:15).
Levite returnee dwelling in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:14); a Merarite.
Levite who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:23). Distinct from many other Shimeis.
Gatekeeper who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:24).
Unno
Levite singer in the post-exilic worship (Nehemiah 12:9). Distinct from Unni the singer of David's day (1 Chronicles 15:18, 20).
Gatekeeper who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:24). Distinct from Uri father of Bezalel.
Overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:22).
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”.