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Zerubbabel

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Description

Son of Shealtiel (or of Pedaiah per 1 Chr 3:19); Davidic governor of Judah after the return from Babylon under Cyrus 538 BC. Led the rebuilding of the second temple, completed in 516 BC. Recipient of the signet-ring oracle of Haggai 2:23. Appears in both Matthean and Lukan genealogies.

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Notes

Father given as Shealtiel in Ezra/Nehemiah/Haggai/Matthew/Luke; as Pedaiah (Shealtiel's brother) in 1 Chr 3:19. Common explanation: levirate marriage (Shealtiel died childless, Pedaiah raised seed for him).