- verses
- 1
- first named
- Nehemiah 3:16
- last named
- Nehemiah 3:16
- period
- Exile and Return
- role
- Man
Description
Who was Azbuk?
Azbuk is mentioned in Neh.3.16 as the father of Nehemiah, who participated in the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall during the time of Nehemiah the governor. This Nehemiah is not to be confused with the book's author, who was also named Nehemiah. Azbuk's son Nehemiah is described as repairing the section of the wall near the tombs of David, the house of the warriors, and the Water Gate. The fact that Nehemiah is identified by his father's name suggests that Azbuk was a well-known or respected figure in the community. The rebuilding of the wall was a significant project that required the participation and cooperation of many individuals and families, and Azbuk's son's involvement demonstrates the commitment of various families to the restoration of Jerusalem and its defenses.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
Father of
- NehemiahregistryNehemiah 3:16
Places
Where this happens
A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.
Onward
Where this page goes
Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Sources