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Ezr 1:1 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,
Ezr 1:2 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.
Ezr 1:3 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.
Ezr 1:4 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.
Ezr 1:5 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.
Ezr 1:6 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.
Ezr 1:7 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;
Ezr 1:8 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.
Ezr 1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a
thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
Ezr 1:10 Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four
hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
Ezr 1:11 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. |