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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Mordecai. Every Mordecai in the Bible

    person

    Mordecai

    מׇרְדֳּכַי

    Mordecai was one of the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem.

    verses
    2
    first named
    Ezra 2:2
    last named
    Nehemiah 7:7
    period
    Exile and Return
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Mordecai?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Mordecai is mentioned in Ezr.2.2 and Neh.7.7 as one of the leaders who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity along with Zerubbabel. He is listed among the men who led the first group of exiles back to their homeland after the decree of King Cyrus of Persia, which allowed the Jews to return and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.

    Apart from being named as a leader in this context, no additional information is provided about this particular Mordecai's background, family, or role in the community. His presence among the leaders suggests that he held a position of respect and authority among the returning exiles.

    The return of Mordecai and the other leaders marked a significant turning point in Jewish history, as the exiles began the process of rebuilding their lives, their city, and their temple in Jerusalem after decades of captivity in Babylon. This event set the stage for the restoration of Jewish religious and cultural identity in their homeland.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Mordecai10 of 14 entities the graph connects to Mordecai, in 2 groups: company 1, events 9. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Returning Exiles’ returnTook part in · 4 versesCompanyJudah2 events · 1,023 versesJerusalem2 events · 888 versesReturn1 event · 250 versesTown1 event · 67 versesZerubbabel2 events · 27 versesRehum2 events · 5 versesBaanah2 events · 2 versesBigvai2 events · 2 versesBilshan2 events · 2 versesEventsMordecai

    The 10 best-attested of 14 are drawn. All 14 are listed below.

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 10 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Mordecai happensAll 5 places the claims about Mordecai reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Cherub, Immer, Jerusalem, Tel-harsha, Tel-melah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Mordecai there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.CherubImmerJerusalemTel-harshaTel-melah
    Exile and ReturnAll 5 places the claims about Mordecai reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.

    1. Ezra1 verse

      2:2

    2. Nehemiah1 verse

      7:7

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnBaanahA leader who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile.via Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnBigvaiLeader who returned from Babylonian exilevia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnBilshanLeader who returned from Babylonian exilevia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsvia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnMisparOne of the returnees from Babylonian exile.via Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnNehemiahA leader who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem.via Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnReelaiahOne of the leaders who returned with Zerubbabelvia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnRehumOne of the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel

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