Esdras 1:8

8 Cyrus, roi de Perse, les fit sortir par Mithrédath, le trésorier, qui les livra, par compte, à Sheshbatsar, prince de Juda.

Esdras 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 1:8

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 ^F17 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 11. c. 1. sect. 3.

Esdras 1:8 In-Context

6 Et tous ceux qui étaient autour d'eux leur vinrent en aide avec des objets d'argent, de l'or, des biens, du bétail et des choses précieuses, outre tout ce qu'on offrit volontairement.

7 Puis le roi Cyrus fit sortir les vases de la maison de l'Éternel, que Nébucadnetsar avait emportés de Jérusalem, et qu'il avait mis dans la maison de son dieu.

8 Cyrus, roi de Perse, les fit sortir par Mithrédath, le trésorier, qui les livra, par compte, à Sheshbatsar, prince de Juda.

9 En voici le nombre: trente bassins d'or, mille bassins d'argent, vingt-neuf couteaux,

10 Trente plats d'or, quatre cent dix plats d'argent de second ordre, mille autres ustensiles.