Bible Person

Pahath-moab

Male · 4 cross references

Pahath-moab is the ancestral or house-name behind a returnee family that comes back from exile and participates in restoration. The name likely reflects an older family designation rather than a simple individual profile. First appears in Ezra 2:6.1

AI summary: Pahath-moab matters because the cross references present the name within the large-scale return and reform of the post-exilic community. It appears in the return lists, in Ezra's later company, and in the difficult reckoning over covenant fidelity. That breadth gives the house a real place in restoration history. Taken together, the material presents Pahath-moab as a significant returnee house involved in rebuilding the community after exile.1

Central Figure

Pahath-moab

Governor of Moab, a person whose descendants returned from the Captivity and assisted in rebuilding Jerusalem (Ezra 2:6; 8:4; 10:30).