Esra 1:8

Listen to Esra 1:8
8 Aber Kores, der König in Persien, tat sie heraus durch Mithredath, den Schatzmeister; der zĂ€hlte sie dar Sesbazar, dem FĂŒrsten Juda's. {~}

Esra 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 11. c. 1. sect. 3.
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Esra 1:8 In-Context

6 Und alle, die um sie her waren, stĂ€rkten ihre HĂ€nde mit silbernem und goldenem GerĂ€te, mit Gut und Vieh und Kleinoden, außer dem, Was sie freiwillig gaben. {~}
7 Und der König Kores tat heraus die GefĂ€ĂŸe des Hauses des HERRN, die Nebukadnezar aus Jerusalem genommen hatte und in seines Gottes Haus getan hatte.
8 Aber Kores, der König in Persien, tat sie heraus durch Mithredath, den Schatzmeister; der zĂ€hlte sie dar Sesbazar, dem FĂŒrsten Juda's. {~}
9 Und dies ist ihre Zahl: dreißig goldene Becken und tausend silberne Becken, neunundzwanzig Messer, {~}
10 dreißig goldene Becher und der andern, silbernen Becher vierhundertundzehn und anderer GefĂ€ĂŸe tausend, {~}
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