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Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up with his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
1 Chronicles 3:19 names Zerubbabel's father as Pedaiah. Ezra 3:2, Nehemiah 12:1, Haggai 1:1, Matthew 1:12, and Luke 3:27 all name him as Shealtiel.
Critical scholarship: Leans toward a genuine contradiction.
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"Ezra 3:2 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/ezra/3/2?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).