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Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Ezra 1:8 — KJV
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Ezra 1:8
King James Version (KJV)
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Ezra 1:8
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Commentary
Commentary on Ezra 1:8
Theological / DevotionalMithredath. A Persian name that also appears as Mitradati in a cuneiform document of the time of Artaxerxes I.
Treasurer. Hebrew gizbar, “treasurer,” found only here and in ch. 7:21. Gizbar is a Persian loan word found also in Babylonia in the form, ganzabaru. The use of this and other words of Persian origin in the book of Ezra indicates that the original document was written in the time of the Persian Empire, probably by a contemporary of the events described.
Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. Sheshbazzar, called “governor” in ch. 5:14, is identified by many scholars with Zerubbabel. He is called a “prince of Judah,” a dignity that Zerubbabel, as a grandson of King Jehoiachin, also possessed (1 Chron. 3:17-19). It was not unusual for Jewish nobles in exile to bear two names. The name Sheshbazzar is thought to be from the Babylonian Shamash-abal-usur.
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