The Book of
Ezra
1
1 Now
in the first year
of Cyrus king
of Persia, that
the LORD’s
word by Jeremiah’s
mouth might be
accomplished, the
LORD 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 “Cyrus
king of Persia
says, ‘The LORD,
the God
of heaven, has
given me all
the kingdoms of
the earth; and
he has commanded
me to build
him a house
in Jerusalem,
which is in
Judah.
3 Whoever
there is among
you of all
his people, may
his God be
with him, and
let him go
up to Jerusalem,
which is in
Judah, and build
the house of
the LORD, the
God of Israel (he
is God), which
is in Jerusalem.
4 Whoever
is left, in
any place where
he lives, let
the men of
his place help
him with silver,
with gold, with
goods, and
with animals, in addition
to the free
will offering
for God’s house
which is in
Jerusalem.’ ”
5 Then
the heads
of fathers’ households
of Judah and
Benjamin, the
priests and the
Levites, all whose
spirit God had
stirred to go
up, rose up
to build the
LORD’s house which
is in Jerusalem.
6 All
those who were
around them
strengthened their
hands with vessels
of silver, with
gold, with goods,
with animals, and
with precious
things, in
addition to all
that was willingly
offered.
7 Also
Cyrus the king
brought out the
vessels of the
LORD’s house,
which Nebuchadnezzar
had brought out
of Jerusalem, and
had put in
the house of
his gods;
8 even
those, Cyrus king
of Persia brought
out by the
hand of Mithredath
the treasurer, and
counted them out
to Sheshbazzar the
prince of Judah.
9 This is
the number of them:
thirty platters of
gold, one thousand platters of
silver, twenty-nine
knives,
10 thirty
bowls of gold, four
hundred ten silver
bowls of a
second kind, and
one thousand other
vessels.
11 All
the vessels of
gold and of
silver were
five thousand four hundred.
Sheshbazzar brought
all these up
when the captives
were brought up
from Babylon to
Jerusalem.