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MITHREDATH (Pers. = ‘given by Mithra, or the sun’).—1. The Persian treasurer, whom Cyrus commanded to deliver to Sheshbazzar the sacred vessels (Ezr_1:8 = 1Es_2:11 Mithradates). 2. Apparently a Persian officer stationed in Samaria. Together with his colleagues he wrote to Artaxerxes (Longimanus) to hinder the re-building of the walls of Jerusalem (Ezr_4:7 = 1Es_2:16 Mithradates).