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Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel () or Zorobabel ( from ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a governor of the Achaemenid Empire's province of Yehud Medinata and the grandson of Jeconiah, penultimate king of Judah. He is not documented in extra-biblical documents, and is considered by Sarah Schulz of the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg as historically plausible, but probably not an actual governor of the province, much like Nehemiah.
Asaph
multiple persons in the Hebrew Bible: father of Joah (2 Kings 18:18-37); son of Berachiah the Gershonite (2 Chron. 20:14); descendant of Kohath (1 Chron. 26:1); keeper of the king's forest under Artaxerxes I (Neh. 2:8)
Geshem the Arabian
biblical character (Book of Nehemiah)
Eliashib
high Priest of Israel
Jaddua
Jaddua was a son of Johanan and a high priest during the post-exilic period. However, according to Nehemiah 12:22 it is possible that a transcribing error has occurred in the rendering of Jaddua's father's name. A more likely translation is that Jaddua's father was Johanan. (Anchor Bible Dictionary). Reference to Jaddua may be found in Nehemiah verses 12:11, 22. When reading Josephus' accounts of Jaddua's priestly position, it is unclear whether or not Jaddua was the sole high priest or if he shared the office with Manasseh. The other possibility (which is difficult to discern from Josephus' a
Tobiah
ammonite official in the Hebrew Bible
Joiakim
priest in Hebrew Bible