| 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of
Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up
the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout
all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith
Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of
heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem,
which is in Judah. 3 Whosoever there is 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 Jehovah, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
4 And whosoever is left, 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 which is in
Jerusalem. 5 Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah
and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had
stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.
6 And all they that were round 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. 7 Also Cyrus the king
brought forth the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had
brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put 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 platters of gold, a
thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 thirty bowls of
gold, silver bowls 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, when they of the captivity
were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
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