Zerubbabel

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Biblical figure Governor of Judah Jewish leader Post-exilic leader

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Zerubbabel canonical	12
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel	2
Zerubbabel (First Principal)	1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ Jerusalem’s restoration ⓘ surface form: Return from the Babylonian exile
associatedWithPlace	Babylon ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Judah son of Jacob ⓘ surface form: Judah
collaboratedWith	Joshua son of Jehozadak ⓘ Haggai ⓘ surface form: Prophet Haggai prophet Zechariah ⓘ surface form: Prophet Zechariah
culturalContext	Ancient Israel ⓘ
dynasticHouse	King Davidic dynasty ⓘ surface form: 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 son of Jacob ⓘ surface form: Judah Yehud (Persian province) ⓘ
languageContext	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
ledGroupSize	Approximately 42,360 returnees (with others) according to Ezra 2 ⓘ
mentionedIn	Divrei Hayamim ⓘ surface form: 1 Chronicles Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Ezra Book of Haggai ⓘ Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of 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	Cyrus the Great ⓘ surface form: King Cyrus the Great of Persia Darius I of Persia ⓘ surface form: King Darius I of Persia Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
symbolicRole	Sign of restoration in prophetic literature ⓘ
timePeriod	6th century BCE ⓘ Second Temple Judaism ⓘ surface form: Early Second Temple period

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Temple in Jerusalem → associatedWith → Zerubbabel ⓘ

Ezra–Nehemiah → mainCharacter → Zerubbabel ⓘ

Return to Zion → significantFigure → Zerubbabel ⓘ

prophet Zechariah → contemporaryOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ

subject surface form: Zechariah

prophet Zechariah → supportsLeader → Zerubbabel ⓘ

subject surface form: Zechariah

Joshua son of Jehozadak → workedWith → Zerubbabel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel

Shealtiel → isAncestorOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ

Shealtiel → fatherOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ

Shealtiel → possibleLegalFatherOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ

Book of Haggai → mentionsPerson → Zerubbabel ⓘ

Book of Zechariah → keyFigure → Zerubbabel ⓘ

Yehud Medinata → associatedWithRuler → Zerubbabel ⓘ

Haggai → associatedWithLeader → Zerubbabel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel

Sealtiel → fatherOf → Zerubbabel ⓘ

Master of the First Veil → reportsTo → Zerubbabel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zerubbabel (First Principal)