Old Testament
Bezai
A family head whose descendants returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.
Bezai is listed in the genealogical records of Ezra and Nehemiah among the families that returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon. Three hundred twenty-three members of this family are recorded as part of the initial wave of returnees. Their inclusion highlights the preservation of the covenant people during the exile and their restoration to the land.
In the text
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:17
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 7:23
Where Bezai appears
2 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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