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    person · also Shelemiah

    Meshelemiah

    מְשֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ

    Meshelemiah (also called Shelemiah), a Levite gatekeeper during David's reign.

    verses
    5
    first named
    1 Chronicles 9:21
    last named
    1 Chronicles 26:14
    period
    Exile and Return
    tribe
    Levi

    Description

    Who was Meshelemiah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Meshelemiah, also known as Shelemiah, was a Levite gatekeeper who served during the reign of King David. He was the son of Kore, from the clan of Korah (1Ch.9.21; 26.1,14). Meshelemiah had seven sons: Zechariah, Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel, Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai (1Ch.26.2). He and his sons were assigned to guard the gates of the tabernacle (1Ch.26.1). Meshelemiah was specifically in charge of the East Gate (1Ch.26.14). His sons and relatives, who were capable men, totaled 62 individuals serving as gatekeepers (1Ch.26.9).

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    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.

    How the graph connects Meshelemiah10 of 16 entities the graph connects to Meshelemiah, in 3 groups: kinship 4, company 2, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.ZechariahFather of · 1 event · 7 versesKoreChild of · 2 versesElamFather of · 1 verseEliehoenaiFather of · 1 verseKinshipKorahAssociated with · 38 versesGatekeeper Divisions and Young People’s casting lotsTook part in · 4 versesCompanyGate1 event · 157 versesFamily1 event · 68 versesObed-edom1 event · 16 versesHosah1 event · 4 versesEventsMeshelemiah

    The 10 best-attested of 16 are drawn. All 16 are listed below.

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    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.

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    1. 1 Chronicles5 verses

      9:2126:126:226:926:14

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    via Kore and KorahEbiasaphLevite descendant of Korah, ancestor of temple gatekeepersvia KoreAssirLevite ancestor of the prophet Samuelvia KoreShallumGatekeeper of the tabernacle during David's reignvia Gatekeeper Divisions and Young People’s casting lotsCasting LotsCasting Lots is a concept gathering 12 labelled instances in the text.via Gatekeeper Divisions and Young People’s casting lotsFamilyFamily is a concept gathering 39 labelled instances in the text.via Gatekeeper Divisions and Young People’s casting lotsGateGate is a concept gathering 159 labelled instances in the text.via Gatekeeper Divisions and Young People’s casting lotsHosahA Levite gatekeeper during David's reign.via ZechariahLevi, Musicians, Zechariah, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, Benaiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah’s appointment of Levitical Relatives, Singer, Heman, Asaph, and JeduthunLevi, Musicians, Zechariah, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, Benaiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah’s appointment of Levitical Relatives, Singer, Heman, Asaph, and Jeduthun is an event attested across 6 verses, connecting 19 pageable entities.via Gatekeeper Divisions and Young People’s casting lotsObed-edomGittite who housed the Ark

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