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Nuremberg chronicles f 63r 1Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Text: Hartmann Schedel)

Bezai

בֵּצָי/BEE-zay/

Conqueror

Summary

The ancestor of a family who returned from Babylonian exile, and one who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah.

Post-Exilic Return

The descendants of Bezai, numbering 323 (or 324 in Nehemiah), were among those who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. One named Bezai was among those who sealed the covenant of faithfulness to God.

Key verses:Ezra 2:17Nehemiah 7:23Nehemiah 10:18

Related Verses3 mentions

Nehemiah· 2 verses

Ezra· 1 verse

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Bezai," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).