People of the Bible
Zerubbabel
also called Sheshbazzar, Zorobabel · Genealogy of Jesus · Tribe of Judah
Family
- Father
- Pedaiah
- Brothers and sisters
- Shimei
- Children
- Abiud, Berechiah, Hananiah, Hasadiah, Hashubah, Jushab-hesed, Meshullam, Ohel, Shelomith
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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 Persia, he led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360 (Ezra 2:64), exclusive of a large number of servants, who returned from captivity at the close of the seventy years. In the second year after the Return, he erected an altar and laid the foundation of the temple on the ruins of that which had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar (3:8-13; ch. 4-6). All through the work he occupied a prominent place, inasmuch as he was a descendant of the royal line of David.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 27 verses
- 1 Chronicles
- 3:19
- Ezra
- 1:8, 1:11, 2:2, 3:2, 3:8, 4:2, 4:3, 5:2, 5:14, 5:16
- Nehemiah
- 7:7, 12:1, 12:47
- Haggai
- 1:1, 1:12, 1:14, 2:2, 2:4, 2:21, 2:23
- Zechariah
- 4:6, 4:7, 4:9, 4:10
- Matthew
- 1:12, 1:13
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.