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Mithredath
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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("given by Mithra") (the Iranian god associated with the sun).
1. Treasurer of Cyrus king of Persia; to Mithredath Cyrus gave the temple vessels for Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8).
2. A Persian officer in Samaria under Artaxerxes or Smerdis the Magian, who with others influenced him by letter to interrupt the building of the temple (Ezra 4:7).
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Mithredath'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/m/mithredath.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Mithredath'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/m/mithredath.html. 1949.
