Sheshbazzar

Shesh-baz´uhr

The “prince of Judah” (Ezra 1:8; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 5:14; Ezra 5:16) to whom Cyrus (538 BCE) entrusted the “gold and silver vessels” of the Temple to be restored to Jerusalem. Sheshbazzar may be identical with Shenazzar, a son of Jeconiah (1Chr 3:18).