And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
The count lists thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, and twenty-nine knives as part of the inventory of temple vessels brought back from Babylon. They were among the goods that Nebuchadnezzar had taken away from Jerusalem. In Babylon they had been placed in the house of his gods, until Cyrus had them counted and entrusted to Sheshbazzar to be carried back to Jerusalem. Cyrus thus restored them to the returning exiles and released them for use in rebuilding the temple.
The count lists thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, and twenty-nine knives as part of the inventory of temple vessels brought back from Babylon. They were among the goods that Nebuchadnezzar had taken away from Jerusalem. In Babylon they had been placed in the house of his gods, until Cyrus had them counted and entrusted to Sheshbazzar to be carried back to Jerusalem. Cyrus thus restored them to the returning exiles and released them for use in rebuilding the temple.