Ezra 1:8

1:8 King Cyrus of Persia entrusted them to Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the leader of the Judahite exiles.

Ezra 7:12

7:12 “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:


tn Heb “brought them forth.”

tn Heb “upon the hand of.”

sn A Persian name meaning “gift of Mithras.” See HALOT 656 s.v. מִתְרְדָת.

sn A Babylonian name with the probable meaning “Shamash protect the father.” See HALOT 1664-65 s.v. שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר.

tn Heb “Sheshbazzar the prince to Judah”; TEV, CEV “the governor of Judah.”

sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.