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Cyrus, the king of Persia, ordered them to be released into the charge of Mithredath, the treasurer, who made a complete inventory of them before turning them over to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.[a]

[b]This was the final inventory: thirty gold dishes; one thousand silver dishes, in addition to twenty-nine others that had been repaired; 10 thirty gold bowls; four hundred and ten silver bowls; one thousand other articles.

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  1. Ezra 1:8 Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah: it is uncertain whether he and Zerubbabel are one and the same because of the custom of giving Babylonian names to Jews in exile. Both are identified as governors of Judah.
  2. Ezra 1:9 The numbers have perhaps been miscopied or are exaggerated.

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.