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 5:14

5:14 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.

Ezra 5:16

5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment ⁸  it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

[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.”

[5:14]  ⁶ tn Or “temple.”

[5:14]  ⁷ tn Aram “they were given.”

[5:16]  ⁸ tn Aram “from then and until now.”