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Person Old Testament

Nethanel

Also known as Nethanel =ESV, NIV; Nethaneel =KJV

Nethanel was one of the sons of Obed-Edom, the Levite. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 26:4.

Why it matters. Son of Obed-Edom

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Nethanel

Nethanel was one of the sons of Obed-Edom who was a Levite (1Ch.26.4). His father Obed-Edom had been blessed by God when the ark of the covenant stayed at his house (2Sa.6.11). Nethanel would have served as a Levite along with his brothers.

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
Obed-edom

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)

    26:4

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