Ezra 1
The Proclamation of
Cyrus |
2 Chr. 36.22, 23 |
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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth
of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, Jer. 25.11 ; 29.10 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,
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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 a house
at Jerusalem, Is. 44.28 which is in Judah.
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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.
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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, besides the freewill
offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
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The Return of the
Exiles to Jerusalem |
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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.
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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, besides all that was willingly offered.
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Also Cyrus the king brought forth the
vessels of the house of the LORD, which
Nebuchadnez'zar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them
in the house of his gods;
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even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring
forth by the hand of Mith'redath the treasurer, and numbered them
unto Sheshbaz'zar, the prince of Judah.
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And this is the number of them:
thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and
twenty knives,
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thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a
second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a
thousand.
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All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did
Sheshbaz'zar bring up with them of the captivity that were
brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
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