KJV ORIGINAL
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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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The total number of gold and silver items was 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought all of these with the exiles who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 5,400 precious temple items were carefully returned to Jerusalem when the Jewish exiles came back from Babylon.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred around 538 BC when Persian King Cyrus allowed the Jewish exiles to return to Jerusalem after 70 years of captivity in Babylon. Sheshbazzar was the Persian-appointed leader who oversaw the return of both the people and the sacred temple treasures that Nebuchadnezzar had taken when he destroyed Solomon's temple in 586 BC.
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