Ezra 1:8

1:8 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 8:1

The Leaders Who Returned with Ezra

8:1 These are the leaders ⁶  and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

[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.”

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “the heads of their families.”