The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem

1:5 Then the leaders15 of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites—all those whose mind God had stirred—got ready16 to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.17 1:6 All their neighbors assisted18 them with silver utensils,19 gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention20 all the voluntary offerings.

1:7 Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the Lord’s temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed21 in the temple of his gods. 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

1:9 The inventory27 of these items was as follows:

30 gold basins,28

1,000 silver basins,

29 silver utensils,29

1:10 30 gold bowls,

410 other30 silver bowls,

and 1,000 other vessels.

1:11 All these gold and silver vessels totaled 5,400.31 Sheshbazzar brought them all along when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.