Person Old Testament
Bebai
Zechariah, a descendant of Bebai, led 28 men of his family to return with Ezra to Jerusalem. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 8:11.
Why it matters. Ancestor of exiles who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem.
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Bebai
Bebai is mentioned in Ezr.8.11 as the ancestor of a group of exiles who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra. The passage lists the men who joined Ezra in his journey from Babylon to Jerusalem, along with the numbers of their family members. Zechariah, a descendant of Bebai, is specifically named as the leader of this group, which consisted of 28 men. This return took place during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, who had authorized Ezra to lead a group of Israelites back to their homeland. The mention of Bebai's descendant and the size of the group indicates that Bebai's family had grown during the exile and that they were among those who chose to return to Jerusalem to support the restoration of the Jewish community and the temple.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Ezra (1 verse)