Old Testament
Jaalah
A family of temple servants who returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.
The descendants of Jaalah are listed among the Nethinim, or temple servants, who returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon. Their inclusion in the genealogical records of Ezra and Nehemiah serves to document the restoration of the temple ministry and the faithful remnant who returned to rebuild the house of God.
In the text
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:56
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 7:58
Where Jaalah 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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