Besai is mentioned as the ancestor of a family of Nethinim (temple servants) who returned from the Babylonian exile to Jerusalem. His descendants were among those who contributed to the rebuilding of the temple and its service. He is listed in the records of returnees in both the book of Ezra and the book of Nehemiah.
Schlüsselereignisse
Besai's descendants return from exile
Besai's descendants were among the temple servants (the Nethinim) who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel's leadership.
The temple servants, to whom the descendants of Besai belonged, were part of the Jewish community that renewed its covenant with God under Nehemiah's leadership.
29The rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands in order to follow the Law of God, together with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all who had the knowledge to understand—