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Person

Seraiah

who returned with Zerubbabel

A leader or priestly family head among the first returnees from Babylonian exile under Zerubbabel and Jeshua.

5 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

Seraiah is listed among the leaders and priestly family heads who returned to with and Jeshua after the exile ended under . His name appears in both 2:2 and 7:7 among the leading men of the first return, and the priestly line bearing his name continued into the early post-exilic community. The exact scope of his role — whether a civil leader or the head of a priestly course — is not further detailed in the text.

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