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Reelaiah

Leader listed in Ezra 2 among the heads of the community who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel.

returnee from exile1 Bible book1 chapter1 verse appearance

Who is this?

Reelaiah is listed in Ezra 2 among the leaders who returned from captivity with at the head of the first great wave of exiles. He is one of eleven or twelve named leaders accompanying Zerubbabel and the high priest Jeshua. The parallel list in Nehemiah 7 gives the name in the corresponding position, suggesting the two are variants of the same name or person. No further narrative material about Reelaiah is recorded in Scripture.

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