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MELZAR.—A proper name (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ), or official title (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘steward’) in Dan_1:11; Dan_1:16,—in both cases with the article. It is generally agreed that the word is a loan-word from the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] massaru, ‘guardian,’ and stands for one who was teacher and warden of the royal wards. Cheyne, however, is led by the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] to conclude for Belshazzar as the true reading, and to read in Dan_1:11 : ‘And Daniel said to Belshazzar, prince of the eunuchs,’ etc.
W. F. Cobb.