Person
Shobai
Ancestor of a family of temple gatekeepers who returned from Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel, numbered in the lists of Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7.
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Shobai is identified in the return-from-exile lists of 2 and 7 as the ancestor of a family of temple gatekeepers. His descendants numbered 139 persons according to Ezra's count and returned to among those who came back with after 's decree permitted the Jewish exiles to return. The gatekeepers were among servants responsible for the security and access of the sanctuary precincts.
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