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Mithredath

MITHREDATH, or Mitridates, Son of Gazabar1, or rather Mithredath the Treasurer, (for this is the literal Signification of Gazabar) by the Order of Cyrus, returned to Sheshbazzar the Prince of Judah, the Vessels of the Temple; which Cyrus restored to the Jews at their Return to Jerusalem.

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  1. Ezra i. 8. מתרדת הגזברγαζοφύλαξ. Ita Joseph. Antiq. l. xi. c. 1. & 1 Esdr. ↩

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