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,
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 a house at Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah.
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,)
who [is] in Jerusalem.
1:4 And whoever 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 free-will-offering for
the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem.
1:5 Then arose 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.
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, besides all [that] was willingly
offered.
1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house
of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem,
and had put them in the house of his gods;
1:8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand
of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar,
the prince of Judah.
1:9 And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a
thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
1:10 Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second [sort]
four hundred and ten, [and] other vessels a thousand.
1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver [were] five thousand
and four hundred. All [these] did Sheshbazzar bring with [them
of] the captivity that were brought from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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