On the invitation of Zerubbabel, the governor, who showed them a remarkable example of liberality by contributing personally 1, 000 golden darics, besides other gifts, the people poured their gifts into the sacred treasury with great enthusiasm.

Ezra begins with Cyrus the Great entrusting the Temple vessels to Sheshbazzar (, " prince of Judah "; this apparently important figure then disappears from the story almost entirely, and Zerubbabel is abruptly introduced as the main figure.

King Darius I of Persia appointed Zerubbabel governor of the Province.

A. Lemaire interprets the author of Haggai as wanting Zerubbabel to be appointed to a lesser role:

The project was first led by Sheshbazzar ( about 538 BCE ), later by Zerubbabel and Jeshua, and later still by Haggai and Zechariah ( 520 – 515 BCE ).

** Royal Arch Masons take this year as the epoch for dating their documents Anno Inventionis after the beginning of the Second Temple by Zerubbabel.

The second was constructed under the auspices of Zerubbabel in 516 BCE and destroyed by the Roman Empire in 70 CE.

Zerubbabel as a king, whose kingdom is made possible by a change in the political structure … rom now on, since Zerubbabel has been chosen as a ‘ signet ,’ he will be ‘ sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah ’.

Rose also claims that “ in Haggai ’ s passage, one does not find a statement about Zerubbabel being YHVH ’ s anointed, or about his autonomous rule ( given by God ), present or future, and there is no explicit promise that God will make the nations submit to his chosen one.

“ The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house ; his hands shall also complete it … The seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth … the two olive trees … are the two sons of oil ( anointed ones ) who stand by the Lord of the whole earth ” ( Zech 4. 9-14 ).

In any case, those texts that call Zerubbabel " son of Shealtiel " have a context that is overtly political and seems to emphasize Zerubbabel's potential royal claim to the throne of the Davidic Dynasty by being Shealtiel's successor.

The old temple built by Zerubbabel was replaced by a magnificent edifice.

22: 30 ) This curse is considered by some Jewish commentators as the reason that Zerubbabel, the rightful Solomonic king during the time of Nehemiah, was not given a kingship under the Persian empire.

The basis of this work began with the first visit by Martin to Jerusalem in 1961 when he first met Benjamin Mazar and later his son Ory Mazar, who informed him of his belief that the Temples of Solomon and Zerubbabel were located on the Ophel mound to the north of the original Mount Zion on the southeast ridge.

He was baptised by the Rev John Whiteley in the Wesleyan mission at Kawhia in 1834 and given the name of Horopapera Tuwhakararo, a transliteration of the name John Zerubbabel.

Tattenai's letter to Darius: Through the exhortations of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, Zerubbabel and Joshua recommence the building of the Temple.

Elias Bickerman speculates that one of the reasons that Zerubbabel was able to rebuild the Temple was because of “ the widespread revolts at the beginning of the reign of Darius I in 522 BC, which preoccupied him to such a degree that Zerubbabel felt he could initiate the rebuilding of the temple without repercussions ”.

It seems as though Zerubbabel picked up construction shortly afterwards, in the 2nd year of Darius ’ rule ( August 29, 520 BCE ) ( see Zerubbabel in Haggai ).

This is a contradiction, however, as Zerubbabel was said in to have laid the foundations of the new Temple, while Tattenai ’ s letter to Darius says that Sheshbazzar laid the foundations of the Temple ().

The second discrepancy is that the author of 1 Esdras claims that it was “ Zerubbabel who spoke wise words before King Darius of Persia ” ( 1 Esd.

The book ends with the prediction of the downfall of kingdoms, with one Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, as the Lord ’ s chosen leader.

There are also similarities between Ezra the priest-scribe ( but not high priest ) and Nehemiah the secular governor on the one hand and Joshua and Zerubbabel on the other hand.

Zerubbabel (;, Zorovavel ; ) was a governor of the Persian Province of Judah () and the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah.

Zerubbabel was the governor of this province.

Zerubbabel was not the ruler of a nation, but the governor of a province.

There is some evidence for this link, namely that Zerubbabel was the governor of Judah at the time of Zechariah, he was frequently associated with Joshua ( Ezra 3. 2, 3: 8 ), and he is also described as the Temple builder ( Zech 4. 9 ).

However, according to the Book of Ezra, Zerubbabel is the governor of Judah and he laid the foundation for the Temple.

* Zerubbabel, son of Pedaiah, who was a son of Jehoiachin (, ) and is mentioned as a governor of the Persian Yehud Province.

Although Israel had at least one Solomonic descendant, Zerubbabel as governor under the Persians, Zerubbabel never was crowned king.

Notably, if Shealtiel had no biological children, Zerubbabel as a legal son would have inherited Shealtiel's household and become its new " father " with authority of over the other members of the household.

“ Haggai is expressing the hope of a change in status of the province of Yehud, and of Zerubbabel ’ s

Later, during the Babylonian Exile, the Exilarchs ( officially recognised community leaders ) claimed Davidic lineage, and when the Exile ended, Zerubbabel ( the leader of the first Jews to return to Yehud province ) was also of the Davidic line, as were Shealtiel ( a somewhat mysterious figure ) and Nehemiah ( one of the earliest and most prominent Achamenid-appointed governors of Yehud ).

42, 360 exiles, with men servants, women servants and " singing men and women ", return from Babylon to Jerusalem and Judah under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Jeshua the High Priest.

Jeshua the High Priest and Zerubbabel build the altar and celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

520 BCE falls between the start of the Persian empire in 539 BCE and 520 BCE a period that saw major kings such as Zerubbabel helped lead the Jews in their return to the land.

It has been speculated that his ancestor Iddo was the head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel (), and that Zechariah may himself have been a priest as well as a prophet.

Certain traditions ascribe the book to Zerubbabel and Nehemiah ; others, still, to Malachi, whom they designate as a Levite and a member of the " Great Synagogue.

says that the local inhabitants of the land offered to assist with the building of the new temple during the time of Zerubbabel, but their offer was rejected.

It has been speculated that his ancestor Iddo was the head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel (), and that Zechariah may himself have been a priest as well as a prophet.

* Elam is the ancestor of a family that returned with Zerubbabel in Ezra 2: 1-2, 7.

Lunette in the Sistine Chapel of Abihud with Zerubbabel and Eliakim.

) A descendant of Zerubbabel and father of Eliakim ( Matthew 1: 13, " Abiud "); called also Juda ( Luke 3: 26 ), and Obadiah ( 1 Chr.

Zerubbabel also laid the foundation of the Second Temple in Jerusalem soon after.

It was after this appointment that Zerubbabel began to rebuild the Temple.

Zerubbabel was of the main Davidic line through Solomon and Jeconiah.

The prophets Zechariah and Haggai both give unclear statements regarding Zerubbabel ’ s authority in their oracles, in which Zerubbabel was either the subject of a false prophecy or the receiver of a divine promotion to kingship.

The texts are conflicting as to whether Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel or his nephew.