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Charger

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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("what bore any weight".) A hollow plate for presenting offerings of fine flour and oil (Numbers 7:79). Among the vessels of the temple taken by Nebuchadnezzar and restored by Cyrus, and brought back by Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:9). In such a "charger" John's head was presented to the cruel Herodias (Matthew 14:8).

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Charger'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​c/charger.html. 1949.
 
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