Old Testament
Hashum
A family head whose descendants returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.
Hashum was a family leader among the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. His descendants are listed in the census records of Ezra and Nehemiah, and a man named Hashum stood with Ezra during the public reading of the Law. The name represents a specific lineage that participated in the post-exilic restoration of Israel.
In the text
- Verses
- 4
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:19
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 8:4
Where Hashum appears
4 verses · 4 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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