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Ancestral head of returnees with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:15 / Nehemiah 7:20); a second wave of 50 men returned with Ezra under Ebed son of Jonathan (Ezra 8:6); his clan signed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:16).
Ancestor of the sons of Arah listed among the returnees (Ezra 2:5 / Nehemiah 7:10); his daughter married Tobiah the Ammonite (Nehemiah 6:18). Distinct from Arah son of Ulla the Asherite (1 Chronicles 7:39).
Ancestral head of the sons of Ater 'of Hezekiah' (Ezra 2:16 / Nehemiah 7:21) — 98 men. Distinct from Ater the gatekeeper clan (Ezra 2:42).
Binnui (Nehemiah 7:15)
Ancestral head of the sons of Bani who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:10), called Binnui in Nehemiah 7:15. Distinct from Bani the Gadite mighty man, Bani father of Imri ancestor of Uthai, Bani the Levite of Nehemiah 8 / 9 / 10, and others.
Ancestral head whose 323 sons returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:17 / Nehemiah 7:23); the clan signed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:18).
Ancestral head of 1,254 sons of Elam who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:7 / Nehemiah 7:12) and a 'second' Elam clan of equal size (Ezra 2:31); the clan signed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:14). Distinct from Elam son of Shem and several Elamite Levites.
Ancestral head of the sons of Hashum (Ezra 2:19 / Nehemiah 7:22); also a wall-builder Hashum stood on Ezra's left (Nehemiah 8:4) and the clan signed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:18).
Hariph (Nehemiah 7:24)
Ancestral head of returnees in Ezra 2:18; called Hariph in Nehemiah 7:24, where the clan signed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:19).
Ancestral head whose 156 sons returned (Ezra 2:30); not paralleled in Nehemiah 7. May be a place-name representing inhabitants rather than a personal patriarch.
Ancestral head whose name means 'governor of Moab'; the clan returned through 'sons of Jeshua and Joab' (Ezra 2:6 / Nehemiah 7:11) — 2,812 men. Hashub son of Pahath-moab repaired the wall (Nehemiah 3:11) and the clan signed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:14).
Ancestral head of one of the largest clans of returnees: 2,172 sons of Parosh in Ezra 2:3 / Nehemiah 7:8. His descendants reappear among Ezra 8 returnees (Zechariah son of Parosh) and the wall-builders (Pedaiah son of Parosh, Nehemiah 3:25).
Ancestor of 372 sons of Shephatiah who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:4 / Nehemiah 7:9); his descendant Zebadiah son of Michael led 80 men back with Ezra (Ezra 8:8). Distinct from Shephatiah son of David, Shephatiah son of Mattan (Jeremiah's persecutor), and Shephatiah the Hagrite over the Reubenites.
Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.