Person Old Testament
Kolaiah
Kolaiah, a Benjamite who lived in Jerusalem. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 11:7.
Why it matters. Benjamite of Jerusalem
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Kolaiah
Kolaiah was a Benjamite who lived in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. He was the son of Maaseiah (Neh.11.7).
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
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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)