Reference: Bebai
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and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;
and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;
Hastings
1. The eponym of a family of returning exiles (Ezr 2:11; 8:11; 10:28; Ne 7:16; 10:15,1Es 5:13; 1Es 9:29). 2. An unknown locality mentioned only in Jdt 15:4.
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and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;
Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
Yet all this avails me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Morish
Be'bai
Two or three whose descendants returned from exile. Ezr 2:11; 8:11; 10:28; Ne 7:16. And one who sealed the covenant. Ne 10:15.
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Smith
Beb'a-i
(fatherly).
1. "Sons of Bebai," 623 (Nehe 6:28) in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel,
(B.C. 536), and at a later period twenty-eight more under Zechariah, son of Bebai, returned with Ezra.
Four of this family had taken foreign wives.
The name occurs also among those who sealed the covenant.
2. Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.