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All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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Explaining the Numbers
Commentators note that the sum of the itemized vessels (around 2,500) does not match the total given here (5,400). The most common explanation is that the final tally includes thousands of smaller, unlisted items. This detailed accounting highlights the immense value of what was being restored to God's house.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 Esdras, the sum given is 5,46…
19th Century
Anglican
Immediate result of the decree.
(5) With all them whose spirit God had raised. — Namely, all is the more …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
All the vessels of gold, and of silver, were five thousand and four hundred Those tha…
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