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Lebana

ancestor of temple servants

Ancestral head of a Nethinim (temple servant) family whose descendants returned from Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel, listed in Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7.

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Lebana is listed in 2 among the heads of the — temple servants — whose descendants returned from exile to with . The same list appears in 7. The Nethinim were a class of servants attached to , possibly of non-Israelite origin, who performed auxiliary functions. No individual narrative or biographical details are provided for Lebana beyond this genealogical role as the family's founding ancestor.

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