Old Testament
Shobai
A gatekeeper whose descendants returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.
Shobai is identified in the lists of the returning exiles in Ezra 2:42 and Nehemiah 7:45 as the head of a family of gatekeepers. His inclusion in these genealogical records highlights the restoration of temple service and the orderly resettlement of the Jewish people in Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity.
In the text
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:42
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 7:45
Where Shobai 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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