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Ezra 1:8 KJV
Ezra · chapter 1 · verse 8
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.Ezra 1:8 · King James Version
Ezra 1:8 in context
6And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
7Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
8Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
9And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
10Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SheshbazzarShêshᵉbatstsarSheshbatstsar, Zerubbabel's Persian nameH8339 →
- MithredathMithrᵉdâthMithredath, the name of two PersiansH4990 →
- treasurergizbârtreasurerH1489 →
- numberedçâpharproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608 →
- PersiaPâraçParas , an Eastern country, including its inhabitantsH6539 →
- princenâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
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We are here told, I. How Cyrus's proclamation succeeded with others. 1. He having given leave to the Jews to go up to Jerusalem, many of them went up accordingly, Ezr 1:5.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-11