Person Old Testament
Berechiah
Also known as Berechiah=EsV, KJV; Berekiah =NIV
Berechiah, a Levite gatekeeper, lived in the villages of the Netophathites. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 9:16.
Why it matters. Levite gatekeeper in post-exilic Jerusalem
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Berechiah
Berechiah was a Levite who served as a gatekeeper in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. He was the son of Asa and a descendant of Elkanah (1Ch. 9:16). As a gatekeeper, Berechiah was responsible for guarding the entrances to the temple and maintaining order within the sacred precincts. He lived in the villages of the Netophathites, a group of people who resided in the vicinity of Jerusalem. Berechiah's role as a gatekeeper highlights the importance of the Levites in preserving the sanctity and security of the temple during the post-exilic period.
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
- Asa
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)