Ater

The ancestor of a group of people who returned to Judah with Zerubbabel after the exile (Ezra 2:16; Nehemiah 7:21).

The ancestor of a family of gatekeepers who also returned to Judah with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45).

A political leader who signed Ezra’s promise to be faithful to God with Nehemiah and others after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 10:17).