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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Mithredath (Man living at the time of Exile and Return)
Cyrus's treasurer, whose name in Persian is Mithridates, "given by Mithra." At the king's order he counted out the temple vessels Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem and handed them to the returning exiles. Another Mithredath, an official in Samaria, signed a letter to Artaxerxes against the rebuilding.
First, in plain English
Cyrus's treasurer, whose name in Persian is Mithridates, "given by Mithra." At the king's order he counted out the temple vessels Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem and handed them to the returning exiles. Another Mithredath, an official in Samaria, signed a letter to Artaxerxes against the rebuilding.
The word
H4990
Where it appears
- Ezra 1:8
