Zerubbabel
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O
Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD,
and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith
the LORD of hosts....
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Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be
strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be
strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work:
for I [am] with you, saith the LORD of hosts:...
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Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God
at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of
their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that
were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed
the Levites, from twenty years old an...
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Zerubbabel (Hebrew: זְרֻבָּבֶל, Modern Zrubbavel Tiberian
Zərubbāḇél; Greek: Ζοροβαβελ, Zorobabel; Latin: Zorobabel) was
a governor of the Persian Province of Judah (Haggai 1:1 ) and
the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah.
Zerubbabel led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360, who
returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the ...
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ze-rub'-a-bel (zerubbabhel, probably a transliteration of
the Babylonian name Zeru-Babili, "seed of Babylon";
Zorobabel):
1. Name:
Is commonly called the son of Shealtiel (Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; Neh
12:1; Hag 1:1,12,14; Mt 1:12; Lk 3:27); but in 1 Ch 3:19 he
is called the son of Pedaiah, the brother apparently of
Shealtiel (Salathiel) and the son or ...
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-Also called SHESHBAZZAR
-Directs the rebuilding of the altar and temple after his
return from captivity in Babylon
Ezr 3:2-8; 4:2,3; 5:2,14-16; Hag 1:12-14
-Leads the Emancipated Jews back from Babylon
Ezr 1:8-11; 2; Ne 12
-Appoints the Levites to inaugarate the rebuilding of the
temple
Ezr 3:2-8
-Prophecies relating to
Hag 2:2; Zec 4:6-...
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(born at Babel, i.e. Babylon), the head of the tribe of
Judah at the time of the return from the Babylonish
captivity in the first year of Cyrus. The history of
Zerabbabel in the Scriptures is as follows: In the first
year of Cyrus he was living at Babylon, and was the
recognized prince of Judah in the captivity, --what in later
times was cal...
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the seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel (Hag.
1:1; Zorobabel, Matt. 1:12); called also the son of
Pedaiah (1
Chr. 3:17-19), i.e., according to a frequent usage
of the word
"son;" the grandson or the nephew of Salathiel. He
is also known
by the Persian name of Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8, 11).
In the first
year of Cyrus, king of Pe...
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("dispersed to Babylon".) Head of Judah in the Jews' return
in the first year of Cyrus. Son of Shealtiel (Salathiel)
(Ezra 3:2; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 5:2; Haggai 1:1; Haggai 1:12;
Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27); but in 1 Chronicles 3:19 "son of
Pedaiah," Shealtiel's brother. "Son" probably means next
heir, the direct line failing; by the Levirate law
Shea...
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a stranger at Babylon; dispersion of confusion...
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