Also the king Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, (A)which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his god.

Even them did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them unto [a]Sheshbazzar the Prince of Judah.

And this is the number of them, thirty basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver, nine and twenty [b]knives,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:8 So the Chaldeans called Zerubbabel who was the chief governor, so that the preeminence still remained in the house of David.
  2. Ezra 1:9 Which served to kill the beasts that were offered in sacrifice.

Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.[a](A) Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar(B) the prince of Judah.

This was the inventory:

gold dishes30
silver dishes1,000
silver pans[b]29
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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:7 Or gods
  2. Ezra 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.