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Mithredath
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
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MITHREDATH (Pers. = ‘given by Mithra, or the sun’). 1. The Persian treasurer, whom Cyrus commanded to deliver to Sheshbazzar the sacred vessels ( Ezra 1:8 = Esther 2:11 Esther 2:11 Mithradates ). 2. Apparently a Persian officer stationed in Samaria. Together with his colleagues he wrote to Artaxerxes (Longimanus) to hinder the re-building of the walls of Jerusalem ( Ezra 4:7 = Esther 2:16 Esther 2:16 Mithradates ).
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Mithredath'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/m/mithredath.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Mithredath'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/m/mithredath.html. 1909.
