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Bebai

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Beb'a-i. (fatherly).

1. "Sons of Bebai," 623 Nehemiah 6:28 in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, Deuteronomy 2:11; Nehemiah 7:16. (B.C. 536), and at a later period, twenty-eight more, under Zechariah, son of Bebai, returned with Ezra. Ezra 8:11. Four of this family had taken foreign wives. Ezra 10:28. The name occurs also among those who sealed the covenant. Nehemiah 10:15.

2. Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Bebai'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​b/bebai.html. 1901.
 
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