Ezra 1:11
“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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
All the vessels of gold, and of silver, were five thousand and four hundred,.... Those that are mentioned make no more…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
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…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
All the vessels - were five thousand and four hundred - This place is without doubt corrupted; here it is said the sum…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezra 1:5-11
We are here told,
I. How Cyrus's proclamation succeeded with others. 1. He having given leave to the Jews to go up to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
All the vessels, &c., five thousand and four hundred It is natural to expect that the words -all the vessels" would give…