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Person Old Testament

Zabbai

Also known as Zabbai =ESV, NIV, KJV, LK; Zaccai =LQ

Zabbai, son of Baruch, repaired a section of Jerusalem's wall. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 3:20.

Why it matters. Repairer of Jerusalem's wall

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Zabbai

Zabbai, the son of Baruch, is mentioned in the account of the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall under Nehemiah's leadership. He is listed among the people who worked on repairing the wall after the Babylonian exile. Zabbai repaired a section of the wall, specifically the second section from the house of Eliashib the high priest. His participation in the wall's restoration demonstrates the community-wide effort to rebuild and fortify Jerusalem after the return from exile.

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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Children
Baruch

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • Nehemiah (1 verse)

    3:20

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