Person Old Testament
Harim
Harim was the father of Malchijah, a builder who repaired part of Jerusalem's wall. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 3:11.
Why it matters. Father of Malchijah, a builder of Jerusalem's wall.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Harim
Harim was the father of Malchijah, one of the builders who helped repair Jerusalem's wall during the time of Nehemiah. Malchijah was responsible for repairing another section of the wall, as well as the Tower of the Ovens. This was likely an important defensive structure in Jerusalem. No other information is provided about Harim in the Bible. (Neh.3.11).
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.
- Children
- Malchijah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)