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Ezra 1:8

and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Liberality;   Mithredath;   Sheshbazzar;   Temple;   Treasure-Houses;   Zerubbabel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the Second;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zerubbabel or Zorobabel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Zerubbabel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Mithredath;   Sheshbazzar;   Temple, Solomon's;   Temple, the Second;   Zerubbabel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cyrus;   Ezra, the Book of;   Mithredath;   Sheshbazzar;   Zerubbabel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Mithredath;   Sheshbazzar;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ezra, Book of;   Mithradates;   Mithredath;   Prince;   Sheshbazzar;   Treasure, Treasury, Treasurer;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cyrus;   Mithredath ;   Sheshbazzar ;   Zerubbabel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Cyrus;   Medes;   Sheshbazzar;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apocrypha;   Persia;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mith'redath;   Sheshbazzar;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Zerubbabel;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Esdras, the First Book of;   Mithradates;   Mithredath;   Persia;   Persians;   Prince;   Sanabassar;   Shenazzar;   Sheshbazzar;   Tirshatha;   Treasure;   Zerubbabel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Avesta;   Chief;   Esdras, Books of;   Names (Personal);   Nasi;   Persia;   Sheshbazzar;   Zerubbabel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
King Cyrus of Persia had them brought out under the supervision of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
even those did Koresh king of Paras bring forth by the hand of Mitredat the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbatztzer, the prince of Yehudah.
King James Version
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
English Standard Version
Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
New Century Version
Cyrus king of Persia had Mithredath the treasurer bring them and count them out for Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
New English Translation
King Cyrus of Persia entrusted them to Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the leader of the Judahite exiles.
Amplified Bible
And Cyrus, king of Persia, had Mithredath the treasurer bring them out, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the governor (leader) of Judah.
World English Bible
even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Euen them did Cyrus King of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, & counted them vnto Sheshbazzar the Prince of Iudah.
Legacy Standard Bible
and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Berean Standard Bible
Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Contemporary English Version
Cyrus placed Mithredath, his chief treasurer, in charge of these things. Mithredath counted them and gave a list to Sheshbazzar, the governor of Judah.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
And Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mahderath, the treasurer, and he delivered them to Sheshmazzar, the prince of Judah.
Good News Translation
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Lexham English Bible
Cyrus the king of Persia let them go out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Literal Translation
Even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Cyrus ye kynge of Persia brought the forth by Mithredath the treasurer, and nombred the vnto Se?bazar the prynce of Iuda.
American Standard Version
even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Bible in Basic English
Even these Cyrus made Mithredath, the keeper of his wealth, get out, and he gave them, after numbering them, to Sheshbazzar, the ruler of Judah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Those did Cyrus the king of Persia bryng foorth by the hande of Michridates the treasurer, & numbred them vnto Sesbazer the prince of Iuda.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
King James Version (1611)
Euen those did Cyrus king of Persia bring foorth, by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbred them vnto Sheshbazzar the Prince of Iudah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Cyrus king of the Persians brought them out by the hand of Mithradates the treasurer, and he numbered them to Sasabasar, the chief man of Juda.
English Revised Version
even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Cyrus, the kyng of Persis, brouyte forth tho bi the hond of Mytridatis, sone of Gazabar; and noumbride tho to Sasabazar, the prince of Juda.
Update Bible Version
even those Cyrus king of Persia brought forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Webster's Bible Translation
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
New King James Version
and Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
New Living Translation
Cyrus directed Mithredath, the treasurer of Persia, to count these items and present them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of the exiles returning to Judah.
New Life Bible
King Cyrus of Persia had them brought out by Mithredath, the man who took care of the nation's riches. And he numbered them as he handed them over to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.
New Revised Standard
King Cyrus of Persia had them released into the charge of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth, by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, - and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, a leader of Judah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithridates the son of Gazabar, and numbered them to Sassabasar the prince of Juda.
Revised Standard Version
Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in charge of Mith'redath the treasurer, who counted them out to Shesh-baz'zar the prince of Judah.
Young's Literal Translation
yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

Contextual Overview

5 Then the heads of fathers' households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites rose up, everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all of those around them encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with equipment, cattle, and with valuables, aside from everything that was given as a voluntary offering. 7 Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods; 8 and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.9 Now this was their number: thirty gold dishes, a thousand silver dishes, twenty nine duplicates; 10 thirty gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind, and a thousand other articles. 11 All the articles of gold and silver totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Sheshbazzar: Ezra 1:11, Ezra 5:14, Ezra 5:16, Haggai 1:1, Haggai 1:14, Haggai 2:2-4, Zechariah 4:6-10

Reciprocal: Ezra 6:5 - the golden Ezra 8:25 - weighed Daniel 10:1 - Cyrus

Cross-References

Genesis 1:5
God called the light "day," and the darkness He called "night." And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering of the waters He called "seas"; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Genesis 1:19
And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them "mankind" on the day when they were created.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even these did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer,.... Or Mithridates, a name common with the Persians, from their god Mithras, the sun they worshipped:

and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar prince of Judah; delivered them by tale to him; who, according to the Jewish rabbins, as Jarchi says, was Daniel, who was so called, because he stood in six tribulations; but it does not appear that Daniel went up to Jerusalem with the captivity, as this man did, but remained at Babylon; rather, with Aben Ezra, it is best by him to understand Zerubbabel, who did go up, and was the prince of Judah; and Cyrus, in his letter q to the governors of Syria, expressly says, that he delivered the vessels to Zerubbabel, the prince of the Jews. He had two names, Sheshbazzar, which signifies he rejoiced in tribulation, and Zerubbabel, which signifies either the seed of Babylon, being born there, or dispersed, or a stranger there, as others.

q Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 11. c. 1. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mithredath - Or, “Mithridates.” The occurrence of this name, which means “given by Mithra” or “dedicated to Mithra,” is an indication that the sun-worship of the Persians was at least as old as the time of Cyrus.

Sheshbazzar - i. e., Zerubbabel. On his royal descent, see 1 Chronicles 3:19 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 1:8. Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. — This was probably the Chaldean name of him who was originally called Zerubbabel: the former signifies joy in affliction; the latter, a stranger in Babylon. The latter may be designed to refer to his captive state; the former, to the prospect of release. Some think this was quite a different person, a Persian or Chaldean, sent by Cyrus to superintend whatever officers or men Cyrus might have sent to assist the Jews on their return; and to procure them help in the Chaldean provinces, through which they might be obliged to travel.


 
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