Person Old Testament
Shephatiah
Shephatiah, whose descendants were among the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Ezra 2:4.
Why it matters. Ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shephatiah
Shephatiah is mentioned in Ezr.2.4, 8:8, and Neh.7.9 as an ancestor of some of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. In Ezr.2.4 and Neh.7.9, the descendants of Shephatiah are listed among the people who came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. The number of Shephatiah's descendants is given as 372 in both passages. In Ezr.8.8, Shephatiah's descendants are mentioned again among those who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem, with a slightly different count of 300 males. These references highlight the presence of Shephatiah's family line among the returnees from the Babylonian exile and their contribution to the repopulation of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas.
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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Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.