Zerubbabel

Biblical character

According to the Biblical narrative, Zerubbabel[a] (/zəˈrʌbəbəl/) was a governor of the Achaemenid Empire's province of Yehud Medinata[3] and the grandson of Jeconiah [en], penultimate king of Judah [en].[4]

Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel displays a plan of Jerusalem to Cyrus the Great by Jacob van Loo.
Leader of the House of David
PredecessorShealtiel, his father
SuccessorLine Lost
Bornbetween 587 and 539 BCE
Babylon
DiedUnknown
IssueMeshullam
Hananiah
Shelomith
Hashubah
Ohel
Berechiah
Hasadiah
Jushab-hesed
Rhesa (New Testament)
Abihud (NT)
FatherShealtiel[1]
or Pedaiah[2]

Pictures

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Zerubbabal Temple, B.C. 579 model
 
Zerubbabel from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553)
 
Zerubbabel Before Darius by Nikolaus Knüpfer, Hermitage Museum.
  1. Hebrew: זְרֻבָּבֶל, Modern: Zərūbavel, Tiberian: Zerūbbāḇel, Template:Lang-grc-x-biblical; Latin: Zorobabel; Akkadian: 𒆰𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 Zērubābili

References

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  1. Ezra 3:2, Ezra 3:8, Ezra 5:2, Nehemiah 12:1, Haggai 1:1, Haggai 1:12, Haggai 1:14, Haggai 2:2, Haggai 2:23, Matthew 1:12, Luke 3:27
  2. 1 Chronicles 3:19
  3. Haggai 1:1
  4. Silverman, Jason M. (2019). "Zerubbabel". In Stuckenbruck, Loren T.; Gurtner, Daniel M. (eds.). T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism. Vol. 2. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 840. ISBN 978-0-567-66095-4.

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