Reference: Bebai
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from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
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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from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
On the sealed documents were the following names: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah,
Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
So Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.
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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from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
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.
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from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;