Bible Person

Mispereth

Female · 2 cross references

Mispereth is one of the returnees listed with Zerubbabel in Ezra and Nehemiah. The name belongs to the early post-exilic community that leaves Babylon to take part in Judah's restoration. First appears in Ezra 2:2.1

AI summary: Mispereth matters because the cross references place the name in the foundational returnee lists that define who came back to rebuild communal life in the land. Even a brief listing carries weight in a restoration story built on remembered participation and covenant continuity. Taken together, the material presents Mispereth as one of the named returnees in the first generation of post-exilic renewal.1

Central Figure

Mispereth

Number, one of the Jews who accompanied Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezra 2:2); called also Mispereth (Neh.