Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Astad, Astath

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Assyria and Babylonia
Next Entry
Astrology, Astronomy
Resource Toolbox

ASTAD, ASTATH . 1322 or 3622 of Astad’s descendants are mentioned as returning with Zerubbabel ( 1E Esther 5:13 ). He is called Azgad in the can. books; and 1222 descendants are mentioned in the parallel list in Ezra 2:12; Ezra 2:23 in Nehemiah 7:17 . He appears as Astath , 1Es 8:38 , when a second detachment of 111 return under Ezra (= Ezra 8:12 ). Azgad appears among the leaders who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:15 ).

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Astad, Astath'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​a/astad-astath.html. 1909.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile