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Sheshbazzar

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Named at Ezra 1:8 as “Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah”, to whom Cyrus king of Persia counts out the vessels of the LORD’s house, which he brings out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer (1:7–8). 1:11 says, “Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.” Ezra 5:14 says, in the answer that begins at 5:11, that the gold and silver vessels Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon “were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor”, and 5:16 gives in the same answer, “Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.”

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EZR 1:7–11, engwebp
⁷Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of the LORD’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
⁸even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
⁹This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
¹⁰thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second kind, and one thousand other vessels.
¹¹All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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EZR 5:11–17, engwebp
¹¹Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
¹²But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon.
¹³But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
¹⁴The gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king also took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.
¹⁵He said to him, ‘Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let God’s house be built in its place.’
¹⁶Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.
¹⁷Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”
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Unresolved interpretation: Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel

Ezra 1:8 says that Cyrus king of Persia brought out the vessels by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, “and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah”; 1:11 says, “Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.”
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- EZR 1:7–11, engwebp
  ⁷Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of the LORD’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
  ⁸even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
  ⁹This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
  ¹⁰thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second kind, and one thousand other vessels.
  ¹¹All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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Ezra 3:8 says that in the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work; 3:10 says, “When the builders laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple”.
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- EZR 3:8–9, engwebp
  ⁸Now in the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the LORD’s house.
  ⁹Then Jeshua stood with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together to have the oversight of the workmen in God’s house: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.
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- EZR 3:10–11, engwebp
  ¹⁰When the builders laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple, they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets, with the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the directions of David king of Israel.
  ¹¹They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to the LORD, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid.
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Ezra 5:14 says, in the answer that begins at 5:11, that the gold and silver vessels Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon “were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor”; 5:16 gives, “Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.”
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- EZR 5:11–17, engwebp
  ¹¹Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
  ¹²But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon.
  ¹³But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
  ¹⁴The gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king also took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.
  ¹⁵He said to him, ‘Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let God’s house be built in its place.’
  ¹⁶Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.
  ¹⁷Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”
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Zechariah 4:9 says, “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it”.
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- ZEC 4:6–10, engwebp
  ⁶Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is the LORD’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Armies.
  ⁷Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”
  ⁸Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
  ⁹“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.
  ¹⁰Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the LORD’s eyes, which run back and forth through the whole earth.”
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Both editions write the two names, Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel. Ezra 1:8 and 1:11 say that Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah received the vessels and brought them up from Babylon to Jerusalem; 3:8–10 say that Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began the work, and that the builders laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple; and 5:14–16 say, in the answer that begins at 5:11, that the vessels Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor, and that the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Zechariah 4:9 gives, in the LORD’s word, the words “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house”. The text does not say whether Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel are one man or two. This collection records them apart and does not decide it.

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Ezra 1:8 Open that verse

even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

Ezra 1:11 Open that verse

All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Ezra 5:14 Open that verse

The gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king also took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.

Ezra 5:16 Open that verse

Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.

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Entry: Sheshbazzar (person-sheshbazzar)
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Current wording: Named at Ezra 1:8 as “Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah”, to whom Cyrus king of Persia counts out the vessels of the LORD’s house, which he brings out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer (1:7–8). 1:11 says, “Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.” Ezra 5:14 says, in the answer that begins at 5:11, that the gold and silver vessels Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon “were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor”, and 5:16 gives in the same answer, “Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.”
Cited evidence: EZR 1:7–11, engwebp / EZR 5:11–17, engwebp
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