Bible Genealogies

Notes


Kish-1650

Esther 2:5 ancestor of Mordecai, a Benjamite.


Shimei-1651

Esther 2:5 ancestor of Mordecai.


Jair-1652

Esther 2:5 ancestor or father of Mordecai.


Mordecai-1653

Esther 2:5 A cousin of Queen Esther. She is called his uncle's daughter. He raised her so presumably she was an orphan.


Abihail-1654

Esther 2:15 father of Queen Esther. Whether he was brother to Jair, is not clear as the term father used bother of Mordecai and Hadessah (Esther) could mean either ancestor or father.


Hadassah Esther-1655

Esther 2:5,7,15 give her ancestry. She became Queen of Persia under her second name. The first name is her Hebrew name.


Jehozadak-744

1 Chron 6:14 v.15 says was a captive at time of Nebuchadnezzar.


Elam-1659

Ancestor of clan known after the exile. Ezr2:7; 8:7;10:2,26; Neh 10:14.


Jehiel-1660

Ezr 10:2,26. Had a foreign wife.


Shecaniah-1661

Ezr 10:2 - spoke up in the matter of foreign wives, though not listed as having one himself, though his father did.


Jeshua-1657

Ezra 2:2;3:2 Neh 7:7 Ezra 3:2,5,9 First High Priest after return from Babylon. Also called Joshua. see Neh 12:10 for descendants.


Joiakim-1662

Neh 12:10,12,26. high priest.


Eliashib-1663

Neh.12:10 High priest in time of Ezra & Nehemiah but allied to Tobiah the Ammonite (enemy of Nehimiah).