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Ezra 1:8
New English Translation
Ezra 1:8
New English Translation
8 King Cyrus of Persia entrusted[a] them to[b] Mithredath[c] the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar[d] the leader of the Judahite exiles.[e]
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- Ezra 1:8 tn Heb “brought them forth.”
- Ezra 1:8 tn Heb “upon the hand of.”
- Ezra 1:8 sn A Persian name meaning “gift of Mithras.” See HALOT 656 s.v. מִתְרְדָת.
- Ezra 1:8 sn A Babylonian name with the probable meaning “Shamash protect the father.” See HALOT 1664-65 s.v. שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר.
- Ezra 1:8 tn Heb “Sheshbazzar the prince to Judah”; TEV, CEV “the governor of Judah.”
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