“1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the
LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up
the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the
kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at
Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah. 3 Who [is there] among you of all his
people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which [is]
in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he [is] the
God,) which [is] in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place
where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and
with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering
for the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem.”
“5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and
the priests, and the Levites, with all [them] whose spirit God had
raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem.
6 And all they that [were] about them strengthened their hands with
vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with
precious things, beside all [that] was willingly offered. 7 Also Cyrus
the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which
Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in
the house of his gods; 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth
by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto
Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this [is] the number of them:
thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty
knives, 10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second [sort] four
hundred and ten, [and] other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of
gold and of silver [were] five thousand and four hundred. All [these]
did Sheshbazzar bring up with [them of] the captivity that were brought
up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.” (Ezra 1:1-11 AV)
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