Zattu(zatthu)
/ZAT-oo/
Summary
The ancestor of a family that returned from Babylon, some of whose descendants had married foreign wives.
☩Return from Exile
The sons of Zattu numbered 945 in the list of those who returned with Zerubbabel, though Nehemiah's list gives 845. Additional members of this family returned with Ezra. Some descendants of Zattu were among those who had married foreign wives and were required to put them away during Ezra's reforms.
Key verses:Ezra 2:8Ezra 10:27Nehemiah 7:13Nehemiah 10:14
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Zattu," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Zattu," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).