A family chief living during the time of Israelite exile and return of the Israelites.
About Bebai
An ancestor of a family that returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the exile in Babylon (Ezra 2:11; 8:11; Nehemiah 7:16). Some of the members of that family were guilty of marrying foreign women (Ezra 10:28).
A levitical leader of Israel who signed Ezra’s promise of faithfulness to God with Nehemiah and others after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 10:15). They may have been a member of the family of #1 above.
Key References
the descendants of Bebai, 623;
from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
the descendants of Bebai, 628;
All Scripture References (4)
Ezra (3)
the descendants of Bebai, 623;
from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
Nehemiah (1)
the descendants of Bebai, 628;