Topic
Azgad
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezra 2:12Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Ancestor of certain captives who returned from Babylon
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
- Ezra 8:12Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A returned exile
And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
- Nehemiah 7:17Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Ancestor of certain captives who returned from Babylon
The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
- Nehemiah 10:15Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A chief who signed Nehemiah's covenant
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
az'-gad (`azgadh, "strong is Gad"): In the list of those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel are mentioned "the children of Azgad" (1,222, Ezr 2:12; 2,322, Ne 7:17). 110 males with their chief returned with Ezra (Ezr 8:12). Azgad was among the leaders who signed the Covenant after Nehemiah (Ne 10:15).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.