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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Melzar (Man living at the time of Exile and Return)
Not really a name. It is the title of the Babylonian official, something like a steward, who had charge of what Daniel and his three friends ate, and some translations simply call him the steward.
Not really a name. It is the title of the Babylonian official, something like a steward, who had charge of what Daniel and his three friends ate, and some translations simply call him the steward.
Melzar is not a personal name but the title of a Babylonian court official, roughly a steward or chief attendant, who was placed in charge of the diet of Daniel and his three companions (Daniel 1:11, 16). The Hebrew term functions more like an office than an individual's name, which is why some translations render it as 'the guard' or 'the steward' rather than treating it as a proper noun.
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- Daniel 1:11
- Daniel 1:16
