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 5:14
Context5:14 Even the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and had brought to the palace 6 of Babylon – even those things King Cyrus brought from the palace of Babylon and presented 7 to a man by the name of Sheshbazzar whom he had appointed as governor.


[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.”