Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Shephatiah, whose descendants were among the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon.
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Shephatiah is mentioned in Ezr.2.4, 8:8, and Neh.7.9 as an ancestor of some of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. In Ezr.2.4 and Neh.7.9, the descendants of Shephatiah are listed among the people who came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. The number of Shephatiah's descendants is given as 372 in both passages. In Ezr.8.8, Shephatiah's descendants are mentioned again among those who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem, with a slightly different count of 300 males. These references highlight the presence of Shephatiah's family line among the returnees from the Babylonian exile and their contribution to the repopulation of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas.
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3 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H8203
the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;
the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
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