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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Pashur
1. The son of Immer, a priest and a chief officer in the temple; he violently opposed the prophet Jeremiah, and persecuted him even with blows and confinement in the stocks; but all recoiled on his own head, Jeremiah 20:1-6 .
2. The son of Malchiah, an enemy of Jeremiah, and active in securing his imprisonment, Jeremiah 21:1; 38:1-6 . Many descendants of this Pashur returned from captivity at Babylon, 1 Chronicles 9:12; Ezra 2:38 .
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Pashur'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/p/pashur.html. 1859.