-Also called SHESHBAZZAR -Directs the rebuilding of the altar and temple after his return from captivity
in Babylon Ezra 3:2-8; 4:2, 3; 5:2, 14-16; Hag 1:12-14
-Leads the Emancipated Jews back from Babylon Ezra 1:8-1 1; 2; Nehemiah 12
-Appoints the Levites to inaugarate the rebuilding of the temple Ezra 3:2-8
-Prophecies relating to Hag 2:2; Zechariah 4:6-10
-Called ZOROBABEL in the genealogy of Joseph Matthew 1:12; Luke 3 :27