Person Old Testament
Shelomith
Shelomith, a descendant of Bani who returned from Babylonian exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 8:10.
Why it matters. Descendant of Bani who returned from exile
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shelomith
Shelomith is mentioned in Ezr.8.10 as a descendant of Bani. He was among the men who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile under the leadership of Ezra. In the list of those who accompanied Ezra, Shelomith is named along with his relatives, numbering 160 males.
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)