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Bebai
(fatherly).
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“Sons of Bebai,” 623 (Nehe 628) in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, (Ezra 2:11; Nehemiah 7:16) (B.C. 536), and at a later period twenty-eight more under Zechariah, son of Bebai, returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:11) Four of this family had taken foreign wives. (Ezra 10:28) The name occurs also among those who sealed the covenant. (Nehemiah 10:15) Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.
In the Bible
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Verses where Bebai is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Ezra 2:11
the descendants of Bebai, 623;
- Ezra 8:11
from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
- Ezra 10:28
From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
- Nehemiah 7:16
the descendants of Bebai, 628;
- Nehemiah 10:15
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Scripture on Bebai
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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