Ezra 2:2
2:2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of Israelites was as follows:
Ezra 3:2
3:2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak
and his priestly colleagues
and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues
started to build
the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by
the law of Moses the man of God.
Ezra 3:8
3:8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem,
in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work,
along with the rest of their associates,
the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed
the Levites who were at least twenty years old
to take charge of the work on the
Lord’s temple.
Ezra 4:2
4:2 they came to Zerubbabel and the leaders
and said to them, “Let us help you build,
for like you we seek your God and we have been sacrificing to him
from the time
of King Esarhaddon
of Assyria, who brought us here.”
Ezra 5:2
5:2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began
to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them.
Nehemiah 7:7
7:7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
The number of Israelite men was as follows:
Zechariah 4:6-10
4:6 Therefore he told me, “These signify the word of the
Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,’
says the
Lord who rules over all.”
Oracle of Response
4:7 “What are you, you great mountain? Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple capstone with shoutings of ‘Grace! Grace!’ because of this.”
4:8 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me as follows:
4:9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple, and his hands will complete it.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.
4:10 For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes will joyfully look on the tin tablet in Zerubbabel’s hand. (These are the eyes of the Lord, which constantly range across the whole earth.)
Matthew 1:12-13
1:12 After the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
1:13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,