Zerubbabel (זרבבל)

Royal Cupbearer to Cyrus the Great and ldr of 1rst return in 536 BC

3 returns:
1 (Prince) Zerubbabel 536 BC w/42360 Temple rebuilt (under Cyrus the Great)
[Esther c480 BC in Susa, m. Ahasuerus aka Xerxes]
2 (priest) Ezra 458 BC w/? piety restored (under Darius?)
3 (warrior/PM) Nehemiah 445 BC w/? walls rebuilt (under Darius?)

Hmmm, KRGG p80 shows Shealtiel as 'adopted son' of Jeconiah and his wife the dau of Neri (descendant of David). Jeconiah was a son of Jehoiakim, who was a son of Josiah. Neri m. a dau of Jehoiakim. A son Resa is shown (of Shealtiel and his wife) whose line traces to St Mary. Hmmm, p80 diagram shows Rhesa as a son of Zerubbabel, w/other sons Abiud, Hashubah and Pediah.

From 62gens (and Josiah): Josiah's 4 sons were (2 Chron 3:15) Johanan, Johoiakim (aka Eliakim, son Jeconiah aka Jehoiachin), Mattaniah (later called Zedekiah), Shallum (aka Jehoahaz).

See also wiki. This page says Zerubbabel was in Jesus' lineage. Also Shealtiel was 'the rightful heir to David', and HP Jeshua 'the rightful heir to Aaron' i.e. so the rebuilding of the Temple was legit and part of God's plan. Also it says Zerubbabel is important to Freemasonry (Templars, etc.). He was also a follower and good friend of the prophet Isaiah. Zerubbabel was named governor of the Persian province of Yehud (Judah), and returned there sometime between 538-20 BC as leader of a group of 42,360 Jews. He and/or Sheshbazzar began rebuilding the Temple (i.e. they laid the foundations). Z was gson of Jehoiachin, the penultimate King of Judah. Z was a son or nephew of Shealtiel, and his HP Jeshua (HP32 Joshua, KRGG) was son of Jozadak (HP31 Jehozadak). Z is mentioned in 5 OT bks (and ? NT ones): in 2/12 Nevi'im (prophets) Haggai, Zecharia, and also in 3/? Khetuvim (other writings) Ezra, Nehemiah and 1 Chronicles.

SSM JTB p54: In about 520 BC, Prince Zerubbabel, gson of the last king of Judah [Jeconiah, hmmm, was J or Zedekiah last king?], and his priest, [HP32] Joshua, son of the last priest of the old Temple [HP31 Jehozadak, ggson of HP28 Hilkiah, Josiah's HP], set off from Babylonia to rescue Jerusalem.

SSM JTB: Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem in 586 BC. Cyrus the Persian conquered Babylon in 539 BC. It was c520 when Zerubbabel and Joshua returned to Jerusalem w/Cyrus' blessing to rebuild the city and Temple. Tho the nearby people of Samaria wanted to help rebuild, Zerubbabel rejected them as 'half-breeds' and 'heretics' (55). The 2nd Temple was dedicated in March of 515 BC (55). Hmmm, p53 says Cyrus appointed Sheshbazzar [= Zerubbabel?], son of the last king, to govern the region, and the latter soon led 42,360 exiles back to refound Judah, now as the Persian provice of 'Yehud'. But compared to Solomon's Temple, it was very modest, causing the older men who remembered the earlier one 'burst into tears' (56). It was 'over 50yrs later' (56, so c460 BC) that Nehemiah, cup-bearer to [Cyrus' son] Darius gson Artaxerxes I, was allowed to lead a 3nd return (hmmm, SSM doesn't mention the 2nd one, led by Ezra). But tho Nehemiah was granted governorship of the region, the Samaritans N of Jerusalem distrusted the Jerusalemites and were led by 'their own hereditary governor, Sanballat' (56), who plotted against Nehemiah. Nehemiah insisted on strict Torah-ruled, Temple-based, and Zadokite priests and NO intermarriage w/'people of the land' (also see Josiah.html for this date sequence). ... more from SSM JTB ...

Moved here from ahnen-sg: Johanan (or Jonathan) d371 BC HP36 c410-371 BC m. name? dau of Sanballat the Horonite. Johanan was the father of Jaddua, of the Aaronic line (KRGG p80). 400sy says [Jonathan's gdad] 'Eliashib [HP34] succeeded to the high-priesthood during the life-time of Nehemiah, and it was his gson (HP35 Joiada's son [HP36 Jonathan]) whom the Tirshatha [or Governor, i.e. Nehemiah] indignantly 'chased' from him because of his unhallowed alliance by marriage with the house of Sanballat the Horonite (Neh. 13:28). We know from Josephus that Joiada 'was exceedingly friendly to the mixed nations surrounding Judea' and that his son Jonathan, once driven out by Nehemiah, 'went over to the Samaritans, and with the aid of his wealthy and influential father-in-law [Sanballat], established the Samaritan system, and projected [planned] the building of a rival temple on Mount Gerazim. Such a temple was in existence as early as the days of Alexander the Great" [356-323 BC]. Jonathan 'left a most unsavory record [murder, corruption]. He was an insubject [lawless and violent] man'. The Bible mentions a 'Sheshbazzar' as seemingly the same as Zerubbabel i.e. as having 'laid the foundations of the Temple', but I wonder if that could've been Sanballat before his later split w/Nehemiah? Hmmm, so maybe Sanballat helped Zerubbabel w/the Temple but later spun off?

Eliub's line continues back (via Achim b. c300 BC, Zadok b. c347 BC, Azor b. c394 BC, Eliakim b. c441 BC, Abiud b. c488 BC) to Zerubabel b. c535 BC son of Sheatial b. c582 BC (p76, hmmm, 1 Chr 3:1-19 says Zerubbabel was a son of Pedaiah [bro of Shealtiel, so also b. c582], son of Jeconiah, [nephew of J20 Zedekiah, J19 Jehoiachin, 20 Kings of Judah, only 8 good] son of J18 Jehoiakim [J17 Jehoahaz II], J16 Josiah [8th good, #47, last real king], J15 Amon, J14 Manasseh, J13 Hezekiah [7th good], J12 Ahaz, J11 Jotham (6th good), J10 Azariah [or Uzziah, 5th good, ass.], J9 Amaziah [4th good], J8 Joash [3rd good, J7 Athaliah], J6 Ahaziah, J5 J[eh]oram, J4 Jehoshaphat [2nd good], J3 Asa[ph, 1st good], J2 Abija[h/m], J1 Rehoboam, I3 Solomon, I2 David) ... Adam cf Bible.

Bible Events (cf Josiah, Ussher dates):
- 656 BC Judith beheads Holophernes (Assyrian general under King Nabuchodonosar)
- 649 BC Josiah born in Boscath to King Amon and his wife Jedidah, 8yo at accession
- 643 BC King Manasseh dies, had partly restored true worship of God, his son Amon t/o
- 641 BC Amon ass. by his own servants, had reverted to full apostasy, 8yo Josiah accedes
- 635 BC 16yo Josiah begins to seek the God of his ancestor David (2 Chr 34:3)
- 630 BC 12th year of Josiah's reign, begins to cleanse Judah of idolatry
- 629 BC Jeremiah called to be a prophet, sees calamity approaching via Babylon
- 626 BC Babylonian general Nabopolassar (father of Nebuchadnezzar) allies w/Medes and destroys Nineveh (as prophesied by Nahum, Isaiah, Ezekiel)
- 624 BC Torah found in Temple by HP28 Hilkiah, sent to king via scribe Shaphan
- 623 BC (Mo 4 May) Passover observed by Josiah's kingdom, 1st time in ~400yrs
- 610 BC Josiah k. by Pharaoh Neco near Megiddo while trying to block Neco's march thru Judah (against Jeremiah's advice), the people enthrone Shallum (his son), who did evil and was deposed 3mo later by returning Neco, who then made (another of Josiah's sons) Eliakim a puppet ruler, changing his name to Jehoiakim. Shallum is imprisoned in Egypt where he eventually died
- 607 BC God tells Jeremiah of the coming fall of Jerusalem and 70yrs of Babylonian Captivity, Jerusalem falls, starting 70yr clock. Jehoiakim stays on as puppet ruler (now Nebuchadnezzar's v. Neco's). 1st deportation incl. Daniel.
- 605 BC Famous Battle of Carchemish; Babylon defeats allied Egypt/Assyria i.e. '2 of the greatest ancient empires cease to be world powers; Egypt is caged, Assyria destroyed, the neo-Babylonian crown is now the most pwrfl in the world' (HAW p441). Also 605 Nebuchadnezzar's father dies, so he t/o, orders [more?] captives brot to Babylon (still 1st deportation).
- 605 BC Jehoiakim rebels, Daniel interprets the king's dream [re coming kingdoms]
- 600 BC Nebuchadnezzar attacks and destroys much of Judah, Darius the Mede born
- 599 BC Jehoiakim k., no proper burial, his son Jehoiachin (Coniah, Jeconiah, i.e. Zerubbabel's gdad) 'reigned' [puppet] 3mo, 10days in Jerusalem, evil, later taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar along w/1000s of others, incl. Mordecai, Ezekiel (2nd deportation c10k cf 2 Kngs 24:14), Temple robbed, but Cyrus born, who'd eventually defeat Babylon, Jeremiah's ltr sent to Babylon captives foretelling deliverance after 70yrs of captivity (and other future events)
- 594 BC Zedekiah rebels against Nebuchadnezzar (after vacillating for awhile between pro-Egypt and pro-Babylon factions at his court, he eventually chose former; bad decision)
- 591 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes all Judah except Lachish, Azekah, Jerusalem
- 590 BC Th* 30 Jan siege of Jerusalem begins, commem. by annual fast (name?), but siege interrupted by Egyptians for a time
- 589 BC Neb. restarts siege 390days before he takes city, symbolizing 390yrs of 'iniquity of the house of Israel from the time of Jeroboam'
- 588 BC We* 24 Aug Neb. orders burning of city, fire started 3days later, burned 4days, 3rd and final deportation, ~50k in all 3. So the order to burn was given 'since Solomon laid 1st stone of 1st Temple [16 May 1012 BC]; 424yrs, 3mos, 8days'. Also +480yrs from there to 1492 BC Exodus!
- 586 BC Zedekiah (Mattaniah) b620, last King of Judah, fell to Babylon, also his bros Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim (Eliakim), Jechoniah, all sons of Josiah. 13gens before Jesus.

* Hmmm, by modern reckonning, 30 Jan 590 BC was a Fr i.e. exactly 93 28yr cycles before Fr 30 Jan 2015; and 24 Aug 588 BC was a Th i.e. exactly 93 28yr cycles before Th 24 Aug 2017

cf ahnen-sg, David, Jesus.