Ezra 1:8

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 

Ezr 1:11; Ezr 5:14,16; Hag 1:1,14; Hag 2:2-4; Zec 4:6-10

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.”