Bible Characters & Character Studies
Geshem
First appears at Nehemiah 2:19
First named in Scripture at Nehemiah 2:19 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
or Gashmu, firmness, probably chief of the Arabs south of Palestine, one of the enemies of the Jews after the return from Babylon (Nehemiah 2:19; 6:1, 2). He united with Sanballat and Tobiah in opposing the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem.
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
