Old Testament
Hatita
A gatekeeper among the returned exiles who resettled in Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity.
Hatita is identified in the lists of those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel as a descendant of the gatekeepers. His inclusion in the records of Ezra and Nehemiah highlights the restoration of temple service and the orderly reestablishment of the community in Jerusalem. He represents the faithful remnant tasked with guarding the house of the Lord following the exile.
In the text
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:42
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 7:45
Where Hatita 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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