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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 ).