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Ezra 1:9

This is what Mithredath brought out of the Lord's Temple: 30 gold dishes, 1000 silver dishes, 29 knives and pans,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Knife;   Liberality;   Temple;   Zerubbabel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Knives;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the Second;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Charger;   Jerusalem;   Knife;   Temple, Solomon's;   Temple, the Second;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Charger;   Cyrus;   Ezra, the Book of;   Shewbread;   Zerubbabel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Knife;   Pan;   Vessels and Utensils;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ezra, Book of;   Knife;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Charger;   Cyrus;   Zerubbabel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Cyrus;   Medes;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apocrypha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Charger;   Esdras, the First Book of;   Knife;   Platter;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Avesta;   Charger;   Esdras, Books of;   Persia;   Saadia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This was the inventory:
Hebrew Names Version
This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
King James Version
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
English Standard Version
And this was the number of them: 30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers,
New Century Version
He listed thirty gold dishes, one thousand silver dishes, twenty-nine pans,
New English Translation
The inventory of these items was as follows: 30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver utensils,
Amplified Bible
And they counted: 30 dishes (basins) of gold, 1,000 dishes of silver, 29 duplicates;
New American Standard Bible
Now this was their number: thirty gold dishes, a thousand silver dishes, twenty nine duplicates;
World English Bible
This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And this is the nomber of them, thirtie basins of golde, a thousand basins of siluer, nine and twentie kniues,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now this was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 duplicates;
Berean Standard Bible
This was the inventory: 30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver utensils,
Contemporary English Version
Included among them were: 30 large gold dishes; 1,000 large silver dishes; 29 other dishes; 30 gold bowls; 410 silver bowls; and 1,000 other articles.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine-and-twenty knives,
George Lamsa Translation
And this is the number of them: thirty basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver, twenty-nine vestments,
Good News Translation
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Lexham English Bible
Now these were the inventories: thirty gold metal dishes, one thousand silver metal dishes, twenty-nine vessels,
Literal Translation
And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, twenty one knives,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And this is the nombre of them: thirtye basens of golde, and a thousande basens of syluer, and nyne and twentye knyues,
American Standard Version
And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives,
Bible in Basic English
And this is the number of them: there were thirty gold plates, a thousand silver plates, twenty-nine knives,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And this is the number of them: thirtie chargers of golde, a thousand chargers of siluer, twentie and nine kniues:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And this is the number of them: thirty basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver, nine and twenty knives;
King James Version (1611)
And this is the number of them: thirtie chargers of golde, a thousand chargers of siluer, nine and twentie kniues:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And this is their number: thirty gold basons, and a thousand silver basons, nine and twenty changes, thirty golden goblets,
English Revised Version
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this is the noumbre of tho vessels; goldun violis, thritti; siluerne viols, a thousynde; `grete knyues, nyne and twenti; goldun cuppis, thritti; siluerne cuppis,
Update Bible Version
And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty altered,
Webster's Bible Translation
And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
New King James Version
This is the number of them: thirty gold platters, one thousand silver platters, twenty-nine knives,
New Living Translation
This is a list of the items that were returned:
gold basins 30
silver basins 1,000
silver incense burners 29
New Life Bible
This was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 other dishes,
New Revised Standard
And this was the inventory: gold basins, thirty; silver basins, one thousand; knives, twenty-nine;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, these, were the numbers of them, - basins of gold, thirty, basins of silver, a thousand, knives, twenty-nine;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is the number of them: thirty bowls of gold, a thousand bowls of silver, nine and twenty knives, thirty cups of gold,
Revised Standard Version
And this was the number of them: a thousand basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver, twenty-nine censers,
Young's Literal Translation
And this [is] their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now this was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 duplicates;

Contextual Overview

5 So the family leaders from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin prepared to go up to Jerusalem. They were going to Jerusalem to build the Lord 's Temple. Also everyone who God had encouraged prepared to go to Jerusalem. 6 All their neighbors gave them many gifts. They gave them silver, gold, animals, and other expensive things. Their neighbors freely gave them all those things. 7 Also, King Cyrus brought out the things that belonged in the Lord 's Temple that Nebuchadnezzar had taken away from Jerusalem. He had put them in his temple where he kept his false gods. 8 King Cyrus of Persia told Mithredath, the man who keeps his money, to bring those things out. So Mithredath brought them out to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah. 9 This is what Mithredath brought out of the Lord's Temple: 30 gold dishes, 1000 silver dishes, 29 knives and pans, 10 30 gold bowls, 410 silver bowls similar to the gold bowls, and 1000 other dishes. 11 All together, there were 5400 things made from gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brought them all with him when the prisoners left Babylon and went back to Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

chargers of gold: Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19-89, 1 Kings 7:50, 2 Chronicles 4:8, 2 Chronicles 4:11, 2 Chronicles 4:21, 2 Chronicles 4:22, 2 Chronicles 24:14, Matthew 14:8

nine: Matthew 10:29-31

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:29 - the 2 Kings 12:13 - bowls 2 Kings 25:15 - and such things

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
God created the sky and the earth. At first,
Genesis 1:2
the earth was completely empty. There was nothing on the earth. Darkness covered the ocean, and God's Spirit moved over the water.
Genesis 1:5
God named the light "day," and he named the darkness "night." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the first day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be a space to separate the water into two parts!"
Genesis 1:8
God named that space "sky." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so that the dry land will appear." And it happened.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth grow grass, plants that make grain, and fruit trees. The fruit trees will make fruit with seeds in it. And each plant will make its own kind of seed. Let these plants grow on the earth." And it happened.
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Have many children. Fill the earth and take control of it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the air. Rule over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 1:29
God said, "I am giving you all the grain bearing plants and all the fruit trees. These trees make fruit with seeds in it. This grain and fruit will be your food.
Job 26:7
God stretched the northern sky over empty space. He hung the earth on nothing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this is the number of them,.... Of the vessels delivered, as follows:

thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver; these, according to Ben Melech, were vessels in which water was put to wash hands in; but rather they were, as Aben Ezra observes from the Jerusalem Talmud r, vessels in which they gathered the blood of lambs and bullocks slain for sacrifices:

nine and twenty knives; which, because the handles of them were of gold or silver, were valuable, and might be very large knives, and what the priests used in slaying and cutting up the sacrifices.

r T. Hieros. Yoma, fol. 41. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Chargers - The word in the original thus translated occurs only in this passage. Its meaning is doubtful. Some derive it from a Hebrew root, “to hollow out,” and translate “cup” or “vessel.”

Knives - This is another doubtful word, only used here. The etymology points to some employment of basket-work.


 
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