Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Ezra 1:8

CyrusMithredathZerubbabelPersia

6 And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.

7 King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.

Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

9 This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,

10 30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
KJV
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.
WEB
even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
BLB
And Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
ÅB
Dem lot nå kongen i Persia Kyros hente fram under tilsyn av skattmesteren Mitredat, og han overgav dem etter tall til Sesbassar[^1], Judas fyrste.
OTB
Kyros, kongen av Persia, fikk dem hentet ut av Mithredat, skattmesteren, som telte dem opp til Sjesjbassar, fyrsten av Juda.
B1930
Dem lot nu kongen i Persia Kyros hente frem under tilsyn av skattmesteren Mitredat, og han overgav dem efter tall til Sesbassar, Judas fyrste. / < den samme som Serubabel, ESR 3, 8; 5, 2. 16.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezra 5:14

    He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor

    Read in context

  • Haggai 1:1

    In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating

    Read in context

  • Zechariah 4:6–10

    So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

    Read in context

  • Ezra 5:16

    So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

    Read in context

  • Ezra 1:11

    In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

    Read in context

  • Haggai 2:2–4

    “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,

    Read in context

  • Haggai 1:14

    So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

    Read in context