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ASTAD, ASTATH.—1322 or 3622 of Astad’s descendants are mentioned as returning with Zerubbabel (1Es_5:13). He is called Azgad in the can. books; and 1222 descendants are mentioned in the parallel list in Ezr_2:12; Ezr_2:23 in Neh_7:17. He appears as Astath, 1Es_8:38, when a second detachment of 111 return under Ezra (= Ezr_8:12). Azgad appears among the leaders who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh_10:15).