Discovery BoxEzra 1:8 
Context1:8 King Cyrus of Persia entrusted 1 them to 2 Mithredath 3 the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar 4 the leader of the Judahite exiles. 5
Ezra 5:14-16
Context5:14 Even the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and had brought to the palace 6 of Babylon – even those things King Cyrus brought from the palace of Babylon and presented 7 to a man by the name of Sheshbazzar whom he had appointed as governor. 5:15 He said to him, “Take these vessels and go deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt in its proper location.” 8 5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment 9 it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’
1 tn Heb “brought them forth.”
2 tn Heb “upon the hand of.”
3 sn A Persian name meaning “gift of Mithras.” See HALOT 656 s.v. מִתְרְדָת.
4 sn A Babylonian name with the probable meaning “Shamash protect the father.” See HALOT 1664-65 s.v. שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר.
5 tn Heb “Sheshbazzar the prince to Judah”; TEV, CEV “the governor of Judah.”
6 tn Or “temple.”
7 tn Aram “they were given.”
8 tn Aram “upon its place.”
9 tn Aram “from then and until now.”
