Son of Shealtiel (Ezra 3:2,8; Haggai 1:1; "Pedaiah" in 1 Chronicles 3:19 is probably a scribal error) and grandson of Jehoiachin. The name is either the Hebrew
In I Esdras 4:13-63, followed by Josephus ("Ant." 11:3, §§ 5-9), a story, which appears to lack historicity, is told to the effect that Zerubbabel was a soldier in the body-guard of Darius Hystaspis and commended himself to the king's notice by his ready wit, receiving as his reward permission to go to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. In recent times interest has been aroused by the ingenious hypothesis of Sellin ("Serubbabel: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Messianischen Erwartung," 1898), whoendeavors to show that Zerubbabel was actually made King of Judah, but was overthrown and put to death by the Persians. This kingdom, he believes, was regarded as Messianic, and in Isaiah 53 he sees an allusion to Zerubbabel's martyrdom.
- Ryle, Ezra and Nehemiah, in The Cambridge Bible for Schools, Cambridge, 1893;
- Van Hoonacke, Zorobabel et le Second Temple, Paris, 1892;
- Sayce, Higher Criticism and the Verdict of the Monuments, pp. 539 et seq., London, 1894;
- Wellhausen, I. J. G. 3d ed.;
- Schrader, Die Dauer des Zweiten Tempelbaues, in Studien und Kritiken, 1867, pp. 460-504;
- Koster's Het Herstel van Israel in het Perzische Tijdvak, 1894.
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