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Zerubbabel ben Pedaiah Nephew of Governor Zerubbabel
- Preferred Name: Zerubbabel ben Pedaiah Nephew of Governor Zerubbabel
- Gender: M
- FSID: K2QQ-HCS
- Death: in Babylonia at LATI: N2.54 LONG: E4.42 with note: 510 BC is the death date of his cousin. Often missassigned to here.
- Birth: ABT 578 BC
- K2QQ-HCS+Zerubbabel+ben+Pedaiah+-+did+NOT+marry+his+sister+-+: with note: Description: LZBC-6HZ • Esther Maukab bat-Pedaiah
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
This Zerubbabel, son of Pedaiah, is not the Governor Zorobabel.
For those who believe theories external to the Biblical text that the three Zorobabel’s are the same person, please do not merge these, rather just jump to each respectively and carry on from there.
Governor Zorobabel https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZXG-42W
Zerubbabel son of Pedaiah. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2QQ-HCS
Zorobabel grandson of Neri
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L447-F8C
Three seperate and distinct Zorobabel's. Please be careful not to merge into one big mess.
1. LZXG-42W Zorobabel (574-516BC) Governor (538-516BC) of Judah, son of Salathiel son of Jechonias (Uncle of 3), who's own son is Abiud (Royal line done to Mary's father Joseph)
Matthew 1:12 And afte
=== This different Zerubbabel then the King. ===
Whatever happened to Occam's Razor? "The simplest explanation is usually the best one."
1 Chron 3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
TWO Zedekiah's. Uncle/Nephew relationship. No one is trying to make these two the same person.
Then...
1 Chron 3:17 ¶ And the sons of Jeconiah (Jechonias); Assir, Salathiel his son,
18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
With....
Matt 1: 12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias (Jeconiah) begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
TWO different Zerubbabel's. The brothers Salathiel and Pedaiah each named a son Zerubbabel. This is a common practice. So simple.
Why the convoluted gymnastics to make Salathiel and Pedaiah the same person? And even worse, trying to make the Salathiel/Zerubbabel of two different lineages, with 80 years offset in time, the same persons?
Preferred Parents:
Father: Pedaiah ben Neri, b. ABT 608 BC in Jerusalem, Israel d. in Babylon
Mother: Kwebedai bat Aram Queen of Judea, b. um 0590 v. Chr.
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