Ezra 1:9

And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

Cross-reference

1 Kings 7:50 lists gold vessels made for Solomon's temple - the very items being returned here, directly linking the inventories.

2 Chronicles 4:8 describes gold tables and basins made for the temple — comparable to the items inventoried here as returned.

Exodus 25:29 lists dishes and bowls for the tabernacle table — similar vessel terminology appears in the temple inventory here.

2 Kings 25:15 Historical context

2 Kings 25:15 records the Babylonians taking temple vessels — the same items now being returned in Ezra.

2 Chronicles 4:22 lists gold wick trimmers and bowls — further temple items paralleling the inventory here.

2 Kings 12:13 notes that temple vessels were not made during repairs — contrasts with the restored vessels listed in Ezra.

2 Chronicles 4:11 records Huram making pots, shovels and basins for the temple — same types of items being returned here.