Old Testament
Ater
A family head whose descendants returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.
Ater is listed among the heads of families whose descendants returned to Jerusalem and Judah following the Babylonian captivity. His name appears in the genealogical records of Ezra and Nehemiah, documenting the restoration of the covenant community. These lists serve to verify the lineage and identity of those rebuilding the temple and the city walls.
In the text
- Verses
- 4
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:16
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 7:45
Where Ater appears
4 verses · 2 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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