Old Testament
Bigvai
A leader among the Jewish exiles who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel.
Bigvai was a prominent head of a family who returned from the Babylonian captivity to rebuild Jerusalem. His descendants are listed among the returning exiles in both Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7. He is also noted as one of the leaders who sealed the covenant of faithfulness to God alongside Nehemiah.
In the text
- Verses
- 5
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:2
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 7:19
Where Bigvai appears
5 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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