Ezra 1:8
Context1:8 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
Ezra 10:19
Context10:19 (They gave their word 6 to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)


[1:8] 1 tn Heb “brought them forth.”
[1:8] 2 tn Heb “upon the hand of.”
[1:8] 3 sn A Persian name meaning “gift of Mithras.” See HALOT 656 s.v. מִתְרְדָת.
[1:8] 4 sn A Babylonian name with the probable meaning “Shamash protect the father.” See HALOT 1664-65 s.v. שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר.
[1:8] 5 tn Heb “Sheshbazzar the prince to Judah”; TEV, CEV “the governor of Judah.”