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Ezra 1

Ezra 1:11

Cyrus Restores the Holy Vessels · Ezra 1:7–11
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Translations

Modern
In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Traditional
All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
Literal
All the articles of the gold and of the silver were five thousand and four hundred. All this Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Latin
Omnia vasa aurea et argentea quinque millia quadringenta: universa tulit Sassabasar cum his qui ascendebant de transmigratione Babylonis in Jerusalem.

Original

Hebrew
English
In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Notes

Ezra 1:9–11

5,400 gold and silver articles: The numbers listed only total 2,499 items. A similar account in the apocryphal book 1 Esdras 2:13–15 lists 5,469 items, while a list by the Jewish historian Josephus in Antiquities 11.15 lists 5,220 objects. Ezra’s shorter list shows the types of items included but does not list every item. Keeping track of consecrated utensils helped prevent confusion with pagan utensils used for worshiping other gods.

Theme notes and profiles

Cyrus II Esther

People

Zerubbabel: Leader of the first Jewish exiles from Babylon

Places

Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Book of Ezra Cyrus Cylinder First Book of Esdras History of Israel Jerusalem Judaism Postexilic Period Sheshbazzar Temple

Topics

Church and State: State Favorable to Religion: Cyrus, in his Proclamation to Restore the Temple at Jerusalem Israel, Prophecies Concerning: Captivity of Cyrus Directs the Rebuilding of the Temple Liberality: Cyrus Sheshbazzar: A Name Given, Apparently, to Zerubbabel Temple: Solomon's: Restoration of, Ordered by Cyrus the Second Temple: Cyrus: Gave the Vessels of the First Temple For Zerubbabel: Leads the Emancipated Jews Back from Babylon