Ezra 5:14 meaning and explanation
He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor
Ezra 5:14, Berean Standard Bible
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These words come from the Jewish elders' answer to Tattenai's inquiry, reported in the letter sent to King Darius. The elders recall how Nebuchadnezzar had carried the gold and silver articles from the Jerusalem temple to Babylon, and how Cyrus, in his first year, removed them from the Babylonian temple and gave them to Sheshbazzar, the governor he appointed.
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