Old Testament
Henadad
A Levite whose descendants assisted in the rebuilding of the temple and the wall of Jerusalem.
Henadad was a Levite whose family played a significant role in the post-exilic restoration of Israel. His descendants are noted for supervising the work on the temple in Ezra 3:9 and actively participating in the repair of the Jerusalem wall under Nehemiah. The name represents a lineage committed to the physical and spiritual reconstruction of the community after the Babylonian captivity.
In the text
- Verses
- 3
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 3:9
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 3:24
Where Henadad appears
3 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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