Davidic connection if he is to be identified with Shenazzar, a son of King Jehoiachin and the uncle of Zerubbabel mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:18. The identification of the names, however, is not at all likely.33 The failure to provide a patronym (‘the son of …’) for Shesh-bazzar suggests a studied disinterest in what his family connections may have been. There is a notable lack of messianism in Ezra-Nehemiah.34 1:9–11. And these were their numbers:35 thirty gold basins, a thousand silver basins,