Old Testament
Adin
A family head whose descendants returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.
Adin is listed in the genealogical records of Ezra and Nehemiah as a family patriarch whose descendants numbered 454 among those returning from captivity in Babylon. The name appears in the census of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem and Judah under the leadership of Zerubbabel. This record highlights the preservation of the covenant people and their restoration to the land following the decree of Cyrus.
In the text
- Verses
- 3
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:15
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 7:20
Where Adin appears
3 verses · 3 chaptersIn the same books
- Ezra25 versesA priest and scribe who led a group of exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem to restore the Law of God.
- Artaxerxes14 versesA Persian king who authorized the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and supported Ezra's mission to Judea.
- Tobiah12 versesAn Ammonite official who vehemently opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah7 versesA cupbearer to Artaxerxes who led the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and restored the people's devotion to God.
- Mordecai52 versesA Jewish exile in Persia who raised his cousin Esther and saved the Jewish people from Haman's genocidal plot.
- Eliashib15 versesThe High Priest who oversaw the rebuilding of the Jerusalem wall and later compromised temple purity.
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