And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
King Cyrus also took the gold and silver items from God's house that King Nebuchadnezzar had stolen from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple in Babylon. Cyrus removed these items from the Babylonian temple and gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed as governor.
This verse describes how King Cyrus returned the sacred temple treasures that had been stolen from Jerusalem and gave them to the Jewish governor to bring back home.
📚 Historical Context
This refers to the period around 538 BC when Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylon and issued a decree allowing the Jewish exiles to return to Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed Solomon's temple in 586 BC and taken its valuable items as war trophies to Babylon. Sheshbazzar was likely a Jewish noble appointed by Cyrus to lead the first group of returning exiles.
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