Azgad:
a strong army; a gang of robbers
Azgad:
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).
Azgad:
(strength of fortune). The children of Azgad, to the number of 1,222 (2,322 according to Nehemiah 7:17) were among the laymen who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:12; 8:12). With the other heads of the people they joined in the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:15). (B.C. 536)
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