Person Old Testament
Hacaliah
Also known as Hacaliah =ESV; Hakaliah =NIV; Hachaliah =KJV
Hacaliah was the father of Nehemiah, who served as the governor of Judah during the Persian period. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Nehemiah 1:1.
Why it matters. Father of Nehemiah, the governor of Judah.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Hacaliah
Hacaliah is mentioned in Neh.1.1 and Neh.10.1 as the father of Nehemiah, the main character of the book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah served as the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes of Persia (Neh.1.11) before being appointed as the governor of Judah (Neh.5.14). Nehemiah played a crucial role in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and instituting religious and social reforms among the Jewish people who had returned from exile. Apart from being Nehemiah's father, no other details are provided about Hacaliah's life or role in the biblical narrative.
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.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.