Zerubbabel
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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.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Zerubbabel
- Royalty.image
- Zerubbabel and Cyrus from Jacob van Loo (cropped).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Zerubbabel and Cyrus (1650s) by Jacob van Loo; Zerubbabel (left) shows the Persian king Cyrus the Great the plan for a rebuilt Jerusalem
- Royalty.succession
- Leader of the House of David
- Royalty.predecessor
- Shealtiel, his father
- Royalty.successor
- Line Lost
- Royalty.royal house
- House of David
- Royalty.issue
- MeshullamHananiahShelomithHashubahOhelBerechiahHasadiahJushab-hesedRhesa (New Testament)Abihud (NT)
- Royalty.father
- Shealtiel or Pedaiah
- Royalty.birth_date
- BC
- Royalty.birth_place
- Babylon
- Royalty.death_date
- unknown
- Royalty.succession2
- Governor of Judea
- Royalty.predecessor2
- Sheshbazzar
- Royalty.successor2
- Elnathan
- Royalty.succession3
- Prince of Judah
- Royalty.predecessor3
- Shealtiel, his father
- Royalty.successor3
- Meshullam
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Zerubbabel.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zorobabel
- name in native language
- זְרֻבָּבֶל
- native label
- זְרֻבָּבֶל
- date of birth
- 0566-00-00
- date of death
- 0510-00-00
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Story
- Zerubbabel and the Davidic line
- Sheshbazzar
- In the Hebrew Bible
- In the Prophets (''Nevi'im'')
- The Prophecy of Haggai
- Zechariah
- In the Writings (Kethuvim)
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- 1st Chronicles
- Son of Shealtiel or Pedaiah
- In the New Testament
- In Apocrypha
- Sirach
- 1st Esdras
- Zorobabel and the Darius contest in other texts
- In Freemasonry
- In other texts
- Notes
- References
- External links
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.
In the biblical narrative, Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian captivity in the first year of Cyrus the Great, the king of the Achaemenid Empire. The date is generally thought to have been between 538 and 520 BC. Zerubbabel also laid the foundation of the Second Temple in Jerusalem soon after. In the New Testament he is included in the genealogy of Jesus.