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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

as-far'-a-sus (Aspharasos = Mispar (Ezr 2:2; Mispereth, Ne 7:7)): A leader of the captives, who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 5:8).