* the vessels.
Ro 9:23 2Ti 2:19-21
* five thousand.
Instead of 5,400, the enumeration of the articles in ver. 9,
10, only amounts to 2,499; but in the account, Esdras 2:13,
14, the amount is 5,469, as will be evident from the following
statements:
In Ezra. In Esdras.
Gold chargers..... 30; Gold cups......... 1,000
Silver ditto...... 1,000; Silver cups....... 1,000
Knives............ 29; Silver censers.... 29
Gold basons....... 30; Gold vials........ 30
Silver ditto...... 410; Silver vials...... 2,410
Other vessels..... 1,000; Other vessels..... 1,000
_____ _____
Said to be........ 5,400; Total............. 5,469
But only.......... 2,499
_____ _____
Deficiency........ 2,901; Surplus........... 69
It is supposed that they actually amounted to 5,400, but that
only the chief of them were specified, the spoons, etc. being
omitted.
* captivity. Heb. transportation.
Mt 1:11,12
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