Person Old Testament
Athaliah
Athaliah was a descendant of Benjamin mentioned in the genealogy of Saul's family (1Ch.8.26). Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 8:26.
Why it matters. Descendant of Benjamin
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Athaliah
Athaliah is briefly mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin in 1Chronicles 8. He is listed among the descendants of Jeroham, who was a member of the family of Saul, the first king of Israel. This genealogical record traces the lineage of Saul and his relatives, providing insight into the family structure of the Benjamite clan from which Israel's first monarch came.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Jeroham
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)