Discovery BoxEzra 1:7-8 
Context1:7 Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the Lord’s temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed 1 in the temple of his gods. 1:8 King Cyrus of Persia entrusted 2 them to 3 Mithredath 4 the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar 5 the leader of the Judahite exiles. 6
1 tn Heb “and he gave them.”
2 tn Heb “brought them forth.”
3 tn Heb “upon the hand of.”
4 sn A Persian name meaning “gift of Mithras.” See HALOT 656 s.v. מִתְרְדָת.
5 sn A Babylonian name with the probable meaning “Shamash protect the father.” See HALOT 1664-65 s.v. שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר.
6 tn Heb “Sheshbazzar the prince to Judah”; TEV, CEV “the governor of Judah.”
