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Person Old Testament

Zemirah

Also known as Zemirah =ESV, NIV; Zemira =KJV

Zemirah was a son of Becher and grandson of Benjamin. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:8.

Why it matters. Son of Becher, a Benjamite

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Zemirah

Zemirah was a son of Becher, who was a son of Benjamin, according to the genealogy in 1Chronicles 7. He is mentioned along with his brothers Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.

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
Becher

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)

    7:8

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