Padon was the ancestor of a family of Nethinim (temple servants) who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile. His descendants are mentioned among those who returned with Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple and restore worship in Jerusalem.
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Recorded Among the Temple Servants in the Book of Ezra
Padon's descendants are listed among the Nethinim (temple servants) who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem after the exile.
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:
5Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had come up first, and I found written in it:
6These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
As Nethinim, Padon's descendants had an important serving function at the temple, contributing to the restoration of religious practice in Jerusalem after the exile.