Zerubbabel

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Zerubbabel was a Jewish leader and governor of Judah under Persian rule who oversaw the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.

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Generate an image of Zerubbabel (Zerubbabel was a Jewish leader and governor of Judah under Persian rule who oversaw the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical figure ⓘ
Governor of Judah ⓘ
Jewish leader ⓘ
Post-exilic leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sheshbazzar (in some interpretations) ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
Return from the Babylonian exile ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Babylon ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Judah ⓘ
linked to: Judah son of Jacob
collaboratedWith Joshua son of Jehozadak ⓘ
Prophet Haggai ⓘ
linked to: Haggai

Prophet Zechariah ⓘ
linked to: prophet Zechariah
culturalContext Ancient Israel ⓘ
dynasticHouse House of David ⓘ
ethnicity Jewish ⓘ
familyRelation Descendant of King David ⓘ
Grandson of Jehoiachin ⓘ
father Shealtiel ⓘ
genealogicalSignificance Included in the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament ⓘ
governedTerritory Judah ⓘ
linked to: Judah son of Jacob

Yehud (Persian province) ⓘ
languageContext Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
ledGroupSize Approximately 42,360 returnees (with others) according to Ezra 2 ⓘ
mentionedIn 1 Chronicles ⓘ
linked to: Divrei Hayamim

Book of Ezra ⓘ
linked to: Ezra–Nehemiah

Book of Haggai ⓘ
Book of Nehemiah ⓘ
linked to: Ezra–Nehemiah

Book of Zechariah ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
notableFor Leading Jewish exiles back from Babylon ⓘ
Rebuilding the Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
Restoration of Jewish worship in Jerusalem ⓘ
oversawConstructionOf Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
politicalStatus Persian-appointed governor ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Judah ⓘ
propheticAssociation Haggai’s prophecy about the signet ring (Haggai 2:23) ⓘ
Visions in Zechariah concerning the Temple rebuilding ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousRole Leader of the post-exilic community ⓘ
roleInText Leader of the first return of exiles from Babylon (Ezra 2) ⓘ
Temple rebuilder encouraged by prophets Haggai and Zechariah ⓘ
servedUnder King Cyrus the Great of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Cyrus the Great

King Darius I of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Darius I of Persia

Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
symbolicRole Sign of restoration in prophetic literature ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century BCE ⓘ
Early Second Temple period ⓘ

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Ezra–Nehemiah → mainCharacter → Zerubbabel ⓘ
Return to Zion → significantFigure → Zerubbabel ⓘ
Zechariah → contemporaryOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ
subject linked to: prophet Zechariah
Zechariah → supportsLeader → Zerubbabel ⓘ
subject linked to: prophet Zechariah
Joshua son of Jehozadak → workedWith → Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel ⓘ
linked to: Zerubbabel
Shealtiel → isAncestorOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ
Shealtiel → fatherOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ
Shealtiel → possibleLegalFatherOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ
Book of Haggai → mentionsPerson → Zerubbabel ⓘ
Book of Zechariah → keyFigure → Zerubbabel ⓘ
Haggai → associatedWithLeader → Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel ⓘ
linked to: Zerubbabel
Sealtiel → fatherOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ
Master of the First Veil → reportsTo → Zerubbabel (First Principal) ⓘ
linked to: Zerubbabel
The Branch → associatedWith → Zerubbabel ⓘ
subject linked to: the Branch
Jozadak → contemporaryOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ