Ezra 1:7

1:7 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.

Ezra 7:9

7:9 On the first day of the first month he had determined to make ²  the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, ³  for the good hand of his God was on him.

¹ tn Heb “and he gave them.”

² tc The translation reads יִסַּד (yissad, “he appointed” [= determined]) rather than the reading יְסֻד (yÿsud, “foundation”) of the MT. (The words “to make” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.)

³ sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the five hundred mile journey.