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Ezra 1:11

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In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

KJV

All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

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Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

Sasabasar took everything, etc. Because surely none of those who are predestined to life can perish forever; but all who belong to the Lord, although they may seem to be led into Babylon, that is, the confusion of sins, for a time, are brought back …

This site's exposition

thirty chargers of gold

on Ezra 1:9-11

The inventory itemizes gold chargers, silver chargers, knives, basons and other vessels before the record totals five thousand four hundred pieces of gold and silver in all. The individual numbers listed do not sum to the stated total in the Hebrew text as it stands, a detail the commentators note without pretending to settle it. Sheshbazzar brings up every vessel with the exiles who come from Babylon to Jerusalem, the chapter closing where it began, a king's decree turned into a counted, carried, delivered inheritance.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The sum of the numbers as they stand in the present Hebrew text is 2,499, instead of 5,400. In the Apocryphal Book of Esdras the sum given is 5,469, and with this sum the items in that place exactly agree (1 Esdras 2:13, 14). Most commentators propose to correct Ezra by the passage of Esdras; but the items of Esdras are improbable. Probably the sum total in the present passage has suffered corruption.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

All the vessels Now he totals the sum of those counted and those who were not counted all into one number, but the important ones he counts.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezra 1:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • כֵּלִים֙vessels

    kelimH3627 →325 times

  • לַזָּהָ֣בof <the> gold

    lazahavH2091 →389 times

  • וְלַכֶּ֔סֶףand of <the> silver

    velakesefH3701 →403 times

  • חֲמֵ֥שֶׁתfive

    chameshetH2568 →343 times

  • אֲלָפִ֖יםthousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • וְאַרְבַּ֣עand four

    vearba'H702 →318 times

  • מֵא֑וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • הַכֹּ֞ל<the> everything

    hakolH3605 →5413 times

  • הֶעֱלָ֣הhe brought up

    heelahH5927 →890 times

  • שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֗רSheshbazzar

    sheshebatzarH8339 →

  • עִ֚םwith

    ʾimH5973 →1050 times

  • הֵעָל֣וֹתwere led up

    healotH5927 →890 times

  • הַגּוֹלָ֔הthe exile[s]

    hagolahH1473 →43 times

  • מִבָּבֶ֖לfrom Babylon

    mibavelH894 →262 times

  • לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פto Jerusalem

    lirushalimH3389 →643 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 27:22‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”4 worksPsalms 85:1You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.4 worksEzra 4:1When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,3 worksRomans 9:23What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—2 works2 Timothy 2:19–21Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”2 worksMatthew 1:11–12and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezra 1:8Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.2 worksEzra 2:2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Romans 9:23

    What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

    it leads to

    • Romans 2:4

      Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

    • 1 Peter 1:2–5

      according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

    • Ephesians 3:16

      I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

    • Romans 5:20–21

      The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

    • Colossians 1:27

      To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezra

Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezra: the study guide →Read Ezra 1 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).

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