Ezra 1:10

basons R.V. bowls i.e. vessels provided with covers or lids, almost our -tankards". Lat. -scyphi". The word occurs in 1 Chronicles 28:17 and Ezra 8:27.

of a second sort The fact that they were silver distinguishes them from the golden bowls just mentioned and makes this expression seem superfluous. The versions were puzzled by it: LXX. renders -double" διπλοῖ : Vulg. -second" (-secundi"). The words, as they stand, imply, that the silver bowls were secondary in quality or intended for inferior purposes. In all probability we have here some corruption in the text: see note on Ezra 1:11.