Allthe articlesof goldand silver[numbered] 5,400Sheshbazzarbroughtthem allup with the exileswho wentup from Babylonto Jerusalem.
The captainof the guardalso tookaway the firepansand the basins,whatwas finegoldand whatwas finesilver.
30goldbowls,410silverbowlsof a second[kind and] 1,000otherarticles.
Now theseare the peopleof the provincewho cameup out of the captivityof the exileswhomNebuchadnezzarthe kingof Babylonhad carriedawayto Babylon,and returnedto Jerusalemand Judah,eachto his city.
Now when the enemiesof Judahand Benjaminheardthat the peopleof the exilewere buildinga templeto the LORDGodof Israel,
The exilesobservedthe Passoveron the fourteenthof the firstmonth.
When the LORDbroughtbackthe captiveones of Zion,We were like those who dream.
O LORD,You showedfavorto Your land;You restoredthe captivityof Jacob.
"Yes,thussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,concerningthe vesselsthat are leftin the houseof the LORDand in the houseof the kingof Judahand in Jerusalem,
And [He did so] to make knownthe richesof His gloryupon vesselsof mercy,whichHe prepared beforehandfor glory,
