וַיּֽוֹצִיאֵ֗ם כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס עַל־יַ֖ד מִתְרְדָ֣ת הַגִּזְבָּ֑ר וַֽיִּסְפְּרֵם֙ לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֔ר הַנָּשִׂ֖יא לִיהוּדָֽה׃
Koresh, raja Persia, mengeluarkan perkakas itu melalui Mitredat, sang bendahara, yang menghitungnya dan menyerahkannya kepada Sesbazar, pemimpin Yehuda.
Ibn Ezra
[Daniel 1:4] Va-’asher koach bahem (וַאֲשֶׁר כֹּחַ בָּהֶם - And who had ability/strength in them): That their physical constitution (toldatam - תּוֹלַדְתָּם) should be strong enough to suppress a sneeze (ha-ʿittush - הָעִטּוּשׁ), and that they should stand constantly before him and be able to endure [discomfort or holding back bodily needs] when necessary (lit. "at the time of their need" - bi-shʿat tzorcham). And behold, he [Nebuchadnezzar] commanded to seek those in whom these qualities were found, and [such qualities combined] are not found in a youth younger than 15 years old (ט"ו - Tet Vav = 15). And behold, there was no need to teach them [these already proficient youths] for the three years except for the Chaldean script and their language, so they could speak with the king in his language. And behold, they [Daniel and companions] left Jerusalem [already relatively] mature (lit. 'great ones'). And behold, Daniel left [Jerusalem] at age fifteen (tet-vav shanah - ט"ו שָׁנָה) when Jehoiakim went to Babylon [referring to the events around Daniel 1:1-2, i.e., Nebuchadnezzar's 1st year]. And [after] eight years [of Nebuchadnezzar's] reign (וּשְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁנִים מָלַךְ - u-shmoneh shanim malach), behold, [Daniel would be around] 23 (כ"ג). And some say [Daniel's life/prophecy extended through the time of] Zedekiah [i.e., until the Temple's destruction in Nebuchadnezzar's 19th year]. And behold, [adding approximately] 4, and 30, and 70 years (daled ve-lamed ve-ʿayin shanah) [to his age from the time of the exile], he [Daniel] would thus be very old in the days of Esther. Perhaps he had already died and did not ascend [return] for the Second Temple. And he [Daniel] is not Sheshbazzar, based on conclusive proofs (bi-re'ayot gemurot - בִּרְאָיוֹת גְּמוּרוֹת) [such as this calculation of his likely age and Ibn Ezra's identification of Sheshbazzar with Zerubbabel elsewhere, cf. commentary on Ezra 1:8].