Zerubbabel

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Zerubbabel
     the seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel (Hag.
     1:1; Zorobabel, Matt. 1:12); called also the son of Pedaiah (1
     Chr. 3:17-19), i.e., according to a frequent usage of the word
     "son;" the grandson or the nephew of Salathiel. He is also known
     by the Persian name of Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8, 11). In the first


     year of Cyrus, king of Persia, he led the first band of Jews,
     numbering 42,360 (Ezra 2:64), exclusive of a large number of
     servants, who returned from captivity at the close of the
     seventy years. In the second year after the Return, he erected
     an altar and laid the foundation of the temple on the ruins of
     that which had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar (3:8-13; ch.
     4-6). All through the work he occupied a prominent place,
     inasmuch as he was a descendant of the royal line of David.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Zerubbabel, a stranger at Babylon; dispersion of confusion