Ezra

Ezra 1

1The proclamation of Cyrus for building the temple. 5The people provide for their return. 7Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar.

1^aNOW 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 ^bstirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he ¹made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

a 2Ch. 36.22,23. Je. 25.12,13; 29.10; 33.10-14. b Ps. 106.46. Pr. 16.7. ch. 6.22. Le. 26.42. De. 4.30,31; 30.3; 32.36,43.

2Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath ^ccharged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

c Is. 44.28; 45.1,13.

3Who 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, (^dhe is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

d Da. 6.26.

4And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place ²help 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.

5¶Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit ^eGod had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

e Ne. 2.12. Pr. 16.1. Zec. 10.12. Ex. 35.5,21. 1Ch. 29.2-9.

6And all they that were about them ³strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was ^fwillingly offered.

f v.4. Ex. 25.2; 35.5,21. 1Ch. 22.14-16; 28.14-18; 29.2-9. Ps. 110.3. 2Co. 9.7.

7¶Also ^gCyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, ^hwhich Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

g ch. 5.14; 6.5. h 2Ki. 24.13; 25.16. 2Ch. 36.7,18. Je. 27.21,22. Da. 1.2; 5.3,23.

8Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the ⁱtreasurer, and numbered them unto ^jSheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

i ch. 7.21 j ch. 5.14. Hag. 1.1. ch. 2.2; 3.8; 5.14,16.

9And this is the number of them: thirty ^*chargers of gold, a thousand ^kchargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

k Nu. 7.13,19,25,31,37,43, 49,55,61,67,73,79.

10Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

11^lAll the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of ⁴the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

l Ro. 9.23. 2Ti. 2.19,20.