Ezra 1:7-10

Contemporary English Version

⁷King Cyrus gave back the things that Nebuchadnezzar^[a] had taken from the Lord's temple in Jerusalem and had put in the temple of his own gods. ⁸Cyrus placed Mithredath, his chief treasurer, in charge of these things. Mithredath counted them and gave a list to Sheshbazzar, the governor of Judah. ^9-10Included among them were: 30 large gold dishes; 1,000 large silver dishes; 29 other dishes;^[b] 30 gold bowls; 410 silver bowls; and 1,000 other articles.

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1.7 Nebuchadnezzar: Known as Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled Babylonia from 605 to 562 b.c. In 586 b.c. he destroyed Jerusalem and took many of its people to Babylonia.
1.9,10 other dishes: Or “knives.”