Old Testament
Reelaiah
A leader who returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel to rebuild Jerusalem.
Reelaiah was one of the heads of the families who returned to Jerusalem and Judah from Babylonian captivity. He is listed among the leaders accompanying Zerubbabel in the census records found in both Ezra 2:2 and Nehemiah 7:7. His inclusion highlights the organized restoration of the Jewish people to their ancestral land.
In the text
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:2
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 7:7
Where Reelaiah 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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