SANABASSAR; SANABASSARUS

san-a-bas'-ar, san-a-bas'-a-rus (in 1 Esdras 2:12, 15), (in 1 Esdras 6:18, 10; a name appearing in many variations, Codex Alexandrinus always reading Sanabassaros; Codex Vaticanus Sanamassaro, in 1 Esdras 2:12(11) (the Revised Version margin, Samanassar), Samanassarou, in 1 Esdras 2:15(14), but Sabanassaro, in 1 Esdras 6:18 (17) (Revised Version margin) and Sanabassaros, in 1 Esdras 6:20 (19)): He was "governor of Judea" under Cyrus, conveyed the holy vessels of the temple from Babylon to Jerusalem and "laid the foundations of the house of the Lord" for the first time since its destruction (1 Esdras 2:12, 15; 6:18-20) = "SHESHBAZZAR (which see) the prince of Judah" (Ezra 1:8).

Some identify him with Zerubbabel as the King James Version margin in 1 Esdras 6:18: "Z., which is also Sanabassar the ruler." This view appears to be favored by the order of the words here, where, in case of two persons, one might expect "Sanabassar the ruler" to come first. Zerubbabel appears as "governor of Judea" also in 1 Esdras 6:27-29. Ezra 3:10 speaks of the foundation of the temple under Zerubbabel and 5:16 as under Sheshbazzar. There is further the analogy of 1 Esdras 5:40, where Nehemias and Attharias refer to the same person. Against this identification: Zerubbabel is not styled ruler or governor either in Nehemiah or Ezra, but in Haggai 1:14; Haggai 2:2, 21 he is pechah or governor of Judah; no explanation is given of the double name, as in the case of e.g. Daniel, Belteshazzar; the language of Ezra 5:14 seems to refer to work commenced under a different person than Zerubbabel. Nor is there any reason against supposing a first return under Sheshbazzar (Sanabassar) and a foundation of the temple previous to the time of Zerubbabel-an undertaking into which the Jews did not enter heartily, perhaps because Sanabassar may have been a foreigner (though it is uncertain whether he was a Babylonian, a Persian, or a Jew). A later proposal is to identify Sanabassar with Shenazzar, the uncle of Zerubbabel in 1 Chronicles 3:18. But either of these identifications must remain doubtful.

See SHENAZZAR; ZERUBBABEL.

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How the Temple was Built While the Cutheans Endeavored in Vain to ...
... Jerusalem, and to have them restored to their own temple, when it was built; for
he had sent to them to have that done speedily, and commanded Sanabassar to go ...
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How Cyrus, King of the Persians, Delivered the Jews Out Of
... So he committed these things to Mithridates, the treasurer, to be sent away, with
an order to give them to Sanabassar, that he might keep them till the temple ...
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Sanabassar
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SANABASSAR; SANABASSARUS. san-a-bas'-ar,
san-a-bas'-a-rus (in 1 Esdras 2:12, 15), (in 1 Esdras 6 ...
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Sanabassarus
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SANABASSAR; SANABASSARUS. san-a-bas'-ar,
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Mithradates
... The treasurer of Cyrus to whom the king committed the vessels which had been taken
from the temple and who delivered them to the governor, Sanabassar (1 Esdras ...
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Sheshbazzar (4 Occurrences)
... God which was in Jerusalem. See SANABASSAR. R. Dick Wilson. Multi-Version
Concordance Sheshbazzar (4 Occurrences). Ezra 1:8 even those ...
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Sanaas

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