Person Old Testament
Zechariah
Zechariah, a descendant of Bebai, who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 8:11.
Why it matters. Descendant of Bebai who returned with Ezra
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Zechariah
Zechariah was a descendant of Bebai who lived during the time of Ezra the scribe. He was among the group of exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon under Ezra's leadership. In the list of those who returned, Zechariah is mentioned under the descendants of Bebai. The text records that 28 males of the descendants of Bebai returned with Ezra, but no other specific information is given about this particular Zechariah.
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.
- Parents
- Bebai
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)