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Cyrus told his officer, Mithredath, to count all the valuable things. Mithredath was the officer who took care of all Persia's riches. As he counted the things, he gave them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah's people.

They counted the things and they made this list:

30 gold dishes.

1,000 silver dishes.

29 special tools.

10 30 gold bowls.

410 silver bowls.

1,000 other things.

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

This was the inventory:

gold dishes30
silver dishes1,000
silver pans[a]29
10 gold bowls30
matching silver bowls410
other articles1,000
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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.