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People, Places & Things

Every named person (3,000+), location, and significant object in the Bible as structured relational data — family trees, coordinates, historical descriptions, and verse references.

Endpoints

GET
/api/v1/people

List/search biblical people (paginated)

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/api/v1/people/{slug}

Person detail

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/api/v1/people/{slug}/family

A person's family relationships

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/api/v1/people/{slug}/interactions

Other people who appear in the same verses

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/api/v1/people/{slug}/places

Places associated with a person

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/api/v1/people/{slug}/timeline

A person's timeline events

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/api/v1/places/{slug}

Place detail

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/api/v1/things/{slug}

Thing (object/artifact) detail

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/api/v1/passages/{reference}/people

People mentioned in a passage

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/api/v1/passages/{reference}/places

Places mentioned in a passage

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/api/v1/places

List / search places

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/api/v1/things

List / search things

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Example Request

REQUEST
GET /api/v1/people/david

Example Response

200 OK
{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "david",
    "name": "David",
    "meaning": "Beloved",
    "description": "Second king of the united kingdom of Israel and Judah. Known as a man after God's own heart.",
    "gender": "male",
    "birthYearMin": -1040,
    "deathYearMax": -970,
    "tribe": "Judah",
    "occupation": "Shepherd, Musician, Warrior, King",
    "versesCount": 1,
    "verses": [
      {
        "reference": "1 Samuel 1:1",
        "text": "Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah..."
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "slug": "david"
  }
}

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