# Ezra 1:8

> Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

— Ezra 1:8, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Persia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/persia

## When

- 538 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Ezra 1:1 dates itself by the first year of Cyrus; his first year over Babylon is 538 BC by the Babylonian tablets.

## Who ruled

- **Cyrus the Great**, king of Persia, 559-530 BC · Source: Cyrus Cylinder (British Museum), which records the policy of sending peoples and their cults back to their own lands; Herodotus I

## See also

- Ezra 5:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/5/14

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).