Zerubbabel
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Zorobabel
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Letters
Descendant of David who returned from captivity.
And when those of Salathiel and Zerubbabel returned, they led the people in a more popular manner, the rule having passed thereafter to the priesthood, because the priestly and the royal tribe were mingled together.
Stromata
Zorobabel (Zerubbabel), son of Salathiel, who secured from Darius the restoration of Jerusalem and its temple.
Here Zorobabel, having conquered his rivals by wisdom, obtains from Darius, having bought it, the renewal of Jerusalem, and with Esdras returns to the land of his fathers;
And in the second year of the reign of Darius, whom Herodotus says broke the rule of the Magi, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel is sent to raise and adorn the temple in Jerusalem.