Ezra 1:11

"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."

Key Reflection

Ezra 1:11 details the significant number and variety of precious vessels that Sheshbazzar, likely a leader among the exiles, transported back to Jerusalem when the captives were allowed to return from Babylon. This event would have been seen by the original audience as part of God’s providential care for His people, restoring not just their physical safety but also their cultural and religious artifacts essential for temple worship.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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.

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