Astad, Astath
Astad, Astath
ASTAD, ASTATH.1322 or 3622 of Astads descendants are mentioned as returning with Zerubbabel (1Es 5:13). He is called Azgad in the can. books; and 1222 descendants are mentioned in the parallel list in Ezr 2:12; Ezr 2:23 in Neh 7:17. He appears as Astath, 1Es 8:38, when a second detachment of 111 return under Ezra (= Ezr 8:12). Azgad appears among the leaders who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh 10:15).