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 2:12,23 in Ne 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 (Ne 10:15).