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King Cyrus himself brought out the articles that King Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his own gods. Cyrus directed Mithredath, the treasurer of Persia, to count these items and present them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of the exiles returning to Judah.[a] This is a list of the items that were returned:

gold basins30
silver basins1,000
silver incense burners[b]29
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Footnotes

  1. 1:8 Hebrew Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
  2. 1:9 The meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.

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