Zerubbabel
♂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.
Relationships
Children10
Meshullam son of Zerubbabel(father)Hananiah son of Zerubbabel(father)Shelomith daughter of Zerubbabel(father)Hashubah son of Zerubbabel(father)Ohel son of Zerubbabel(father)Berechiah son of Zerubbabel(father)Hasadiah son of Zerubbabel(father)Jushab-hesed son of Zerubbabel(father)Abiud(father)Rhesa(father)
Family tree
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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).