Tunnetaan myös nimellä: Pochereth-hazzebaim, Pochereth-Hazzebaim, Pochereth of Zebaim, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, Pokeret-Hassebaim
PaluuLeaderc. 500s BC
Pokereth-Hashshabaim is mentioned as one of the descendants of Solomon's servants who returned from the Babylonian exile to Jerusalem. His descendants were among those who came back with Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple and restore the Jewish community in Judah. He represents the faithful remnant that preserved their family identity through the exile.
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Listed Among the Descendants of Solomon's Servants
The descendants of Pokereth-Hashshabaim are mentioned in the list of those who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem after the exile.
The descendants of Pokereth-Hashshabaim are mentioned again in Nehemiah's parallel list of those who returned from the exile, confirming their place in the restored community.
1These are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
2They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
The total number of temple slaves and descendants of Solomon's servants who returned was counted as 392 people, and the family of Pokeret-Hassebaim was among them.
After returning home, the descendants of Solomon's servants, including the family of Pokeret-Hassebaim, contributed to the rebuilding of the Jewish community and temple service in Jerusalem.
2Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, together with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his kinsmen, set to work and rebuilt the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it as prescribed in the Law of Moses, the man of God.
3They set the altar on its foundations, for they were in dread of the peoples of the surrounding lands, and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, both morning and evening offerings.