SHESHBAZZAR
See ZERUBBABEL.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Sheshbazzar
(Heb. Sheshbatstsar’, , from the Persian for worshipper of fire [Von Bohlen], or the Sanscrit cacvicari= distinguished one [Luzzatto]; Sept., v.r. , etc.), the Chaldaeani or, Persian name given to Zerubbabel (q.v.). in Ezr 1:8; Ezr 1:11; Ezr 5:14; Ezr 5:16, after the analogy of Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, Belteshazzar, and Esther. In like manner, also, Joseph received the name of Zaphnath-Paaneah, and we learn from Manetho, as quoted by Josephus (Apion, 1, 28), that, Moses’ Egyptian name was Osarsiph. The change of name in the case of Jehiakim and Zedekiah, (2Ki 23:34; 2Ki 24:17) may also be compared. That Sheshbazzar means Zerubbabel is proved by his being called the prince () of Judah, and governor (), the former term marking him as the head of the tribe in the Jewish sense (Num 7:2; Num 7:10-11, etc.), and the latter as the Persian governor appointed by Cyrus, both which Zerubbabel was; and yet more distinctly by the assertion (Ezr 5:16) that Sheshbazzar laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem, compared with the promise to Zerubbabel (Zec 4:9), The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, his hands shall, also finish it. It is also apparent from the mere comparison of Ezr 1:11 with 2:1, 2 and the whole history of the returned exiles. The Jewish tradition that Sheshbazzar is Daniel is utterly without weight.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Sheshbazzar
Zerubbabel’s Persian or Babylonian name (Ezr 1:8; Ezr 1:11; Ezr 5:14; Ezr 5:16). (See ZERUBBABEL.) “Prince” (ha-nasi, the Jewish term for head of the tribe) and “governor” (pechah, the Persian Cyrus appointing him) of Judah. “Sheshbazzar laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem” as Zechariah (Zec 4:9) foretold that Zerubbabel should do (compare Ezr 1:11 with Ezr 2:1-2).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Sheshbazzar
SHESHBAZZAR.This name is of Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] origin, and appears in LXX [Note: Septuagint.] in several forms, some of which point to the sun-god Samas, others (e.g. Sanabassar) to the moon-god Sin as the derivation, the meaning being O sun-god [or moon-god], protect the lord [or the son]. The person Sheshbazzar is described as the prince of Judah, and is said to have received from Cyrus the sacred Temple vessels and to have taken them to Jerusalem (Ezr 1:8; Ezr 1:11, cf. 1Es 2:12; 1Es 2:16). The same fact is stated in Ezr 5:14; Ezr 5:16, where Sheshbazzar is designated the governor (pechh), and is also said to have laid the foundations of the Temple (cf. 1Es 6:18; 1Es 6:20). It is probable that the Persian title Tirshatha in Ezr 2:63, Neh 7:65; Neh 7:70 refers to Sheshbazzar.
Some have identified Sheshbazzar with Zerubbabel on the ground that the laying of the foundation of the Temple is in Ezr 3:8 ascribed to Zerubbabel and in Ezr 5:16 to Sheshbazzar, while instances of men bearing two different names occur not infrequently (e.g. 2Ki 23:34; 2Ki 24:17, Dan 1:7). But, when we compare Ezr 3:8; Ezr 5:16, it does not seem necessary to assume that the two men are identical. Both may have returned from Babylon at the same time, and while Sheshbazzar was the ruling official, Zerubbabel may in all likelihood have been the moving spirit in building the Temple. Ezr 3:8 gives the Chroniclers own account of the work, while Ezr 5:1-17 purports to be an official report, and would naturally mention the official head of the community as the person responsible for what occurred during his term of office. Then the possibility of the one person bearing two names, while not impossible, seems unlikely here, because (1) both names are of foreign origin, unlike the double names Daniel and Belteshazzar, where the one is Hebrew and the other foreign; and (2) as a rule the Chronicler is careful to note the identificatione.g. Daniel whose name was Belteshazzar.
If, then, Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel were two different men, was Sheshbazzar a Jew or a foreigner? In all probability he was a Jew. It was quite in accordance with the policy of the Persians to appoint a Jew to act as governor in Jerusalem, while the name Sheshbazzar, being of Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] origin, would not likely be borne by a Persian. It has been conjectured that Sheshbazzar is identical with the Shenazzar of 1Ch 3:18, a son of Jehoiachin and uncle of Zerubbabel; and this would justify the title prince of Judah given to him in Ezr 1:8. Then, further, it is not unlikely that the younger man, Zerubbabel, took the leading part in the work of restoration, and as a result his uncles memory would fall into the background. This theory is made more probable by the fact that Zerubbabel succeeded to the governorship as early as the reign of Darius Hystaspis, b.c. 520 (cf. Hag 1:1; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:2).
W. F. Boyd.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Sheshbazzar
A prince of Judah. (Ezr 1:8) The name seems to be compounded of Shush, joy-Beth, the preposition in-and Tzarar, tribulation; perhaps alluding to the faithful in Babylon still rejoicing in the Lord in the midst of tribulation.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Sheshbazzar
shesh-bazar (, sheshbaccar or , sheshbaccar): Sheshbazzar is the Hebrew or Aramaic form of the Babylonian Shamash-aba-usur, or Shamash-bana-usur: Oh Shamash, protect the father. It is possible that the full name was Shamash-ban-zeri-Babili-usur, Oh Shamash, protect the father (builder) of the seed of Babylon. (See Zerubbabel, and Compare the Babylonian names Ashur-bana-usur, Ban-ziri, Nabu-ban-ziri, Shamash-ban-apli, Shamash-apil-usur, Shamash-ban-ahi, and others in Tallquist’s Neubabylonisches Namenbuch, and the Aramaic names on numbers 35, 44, 36, and 45 of Clay’s Aramaic Dockets.) If this latter was the full name, there would be little doubt that Sheshbazzar may have been the same person as Zerubbabel, since the former is called in Ezr 5:14 the governor of Judah, and the latter is called by the same title in Hag 1:1, Hag 1:14; Hag 2:2, Hag 2:21. It is more probable, however, that Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel were different persons, and that Sheshbazzar was governor of Judah in the time of Cyrus and Zerubbabel in that of Darius. It is possible that Sheshbazzar came to Jerusalem in the time of Cyrus and laid the foundations, and that Zerubbabel came later in the time of Darius Hystaspis and completed the building of the temple (compare Ezr 2:68; Ezr 4:2; Hag 1:14).
According to Ezr 1:8 Sheshbazzar was the prince (Hannasi) of Judah into whose hands Cyrus put the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem and had put in the house of his gods. It is further said in Ezr 1:11 that Sheshbazzar brought these vessels with them of the captivity which he brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem. In Ezr 5:14 f it is said that these vessels had been delivered by Cyrus unto one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor (pehah), and that Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God which was in Jerusalem. See SANABASSAR.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Sheshbazzar
Sheshbazzar [ZERUBBABEL]
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Sheshbazzar
[Sheshbaz’zar]
Apparently the Chaldean or Persian name given to ZERUBBABEL, Ezr 1:8; Ezr 1:11; Ezr 5:14; Ezr 5:16.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Sheshbazzar
H8339 H8340
A name given, apparently, to Zerubbabel.
Ezr 1:8; Ezr 1:11; Ezr 5:14; Ezr 5:16 Zerubbabel
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Sheshbazzar
Sheshbazzar. (worshipper of fire). The Chaldaic or Persian nam, e given to Zerubbabel in Ezr 1:8; Ezr 1:11; Ezr 6:14; Ezr 6:18. See Zerubbabel.