Person Old Testament
Peruda
Also known as Perida
Peruda or Perida, the ancestor of a family of Solomon's servants who returned from the Babylonian exile. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Ezra 2:55.
Why it matters. Ancestor of a family of Solomon's servants
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Peruda
Peruda, also known as Perida, was the ancestor of a family of Solomon's servants who returned to Judah from the Babylonian exile. The family is mentioned in the lists of returnees in both Ezr.2.55 and Neh.7.57. Solomon's servants were likely descendants of the Canaanites who had been subjected to forced labor during Solomon's reign (1Ki.9.20-21). The return of Peruda's family, along with other families of Solomon's servants, shows that they had maintained their identity and were part of the Jewish community even during the exile. The variations in the name (Peruda in Ezra and Perida in Nehemiah) may be due to differences in spelling or transcription.
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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Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.