Reference: Shabbethai

Sabbath-born, a Levite who assisted in expounding the law and investigating into the illegal marriages of the Jews (Ezr 10:15; Ne 8:7; 11:16).

1. Ezr 10:15.

2. Ne 11:16.

A Levite who opposed Ezra in the matter of the foreign marriages (Ezr 10:15) = Sabbateus of 1Es 9:14. Cf. Ne 8:7 [1Es 9:43 Sabateus] 11:16.

Shabbetha'i

One or more Levites who returned from exile and assisted Ezra. Ezr 10:15; Ne 8:7: Ne 11:16.

Shabbetha'i

(sabbatical) a Levite in the time of Ezra.

Ezr 10:15

It is apparently the same who with Jeshua and others instructed the people in the knowledge of the law.

Ne 8:7

(B.C. 450.)