Bible Encyclopedias
Shobai
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
[some Shoba'i] (Heb. Shobay', שֹׁבִי [but always in pause, as שֹׁבָי ], taking captive [Gesen.], or glorious [Furst]; Sept. Σεβαϊ v v.r. Σαβί, etc.), one of the heads of the Levitical family of doorkeepers of the Temple, whose posterity returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45). B.C. long ante 536.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Shobai'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/shobai.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.