- Sheshbazzar
- O sun-god, defend the lord! (Ezra 1:8, 11), probably another name for Zerubbabel (q.v.), Ezra 2:2; Hag. 1:12, 14; Zech. 4:6, 10.
Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.
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