Sheshbazzar

Sheshbazzar shĕsh˝băz´är [key], in the Bible, exiled Jewish prince, later governor of a reestablished Jewish state centered in Jerusalem, commissioned (538 BC) by Cyrus to take back to Jerusalem the confiscated sacred vessels. Unlikely to be identical withShenazzar, the son of Jehoiachin, exiled king of Judah.

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