Ezra 1:8

1:8 King Cyrus of Persia entrusted22 them to23 Mithredath24 the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar25 the leader of the Judahite exiles.26

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22	tn Heb “brought them forth.”
23	tn Heb “upon the hand of.”
24	sn A Persian name meaning “gift of Mithras.” See HALOT 656 s.v. מִתְרְדָת.
25	sn A Babylonian name with the probable meaning “Shamash protect the father.” See HALOT 1664–65 s.v. שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר.
26	tn Heb “Sheshbazzar the prince to Judah”; TEV, CEV “the governor of Judah.”