1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of
Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh 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 says Cyrus
king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven,
given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is
in Judah. 3 Whoever 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 Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 Whoever
is left, in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him
with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with animals, 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 Yahweh which is in Jerusalem. 6 All those who were
round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold,
with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all that was
willingly offered. 7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the
house of Yahweh, 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 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, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and
ten, and other vessels one 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 to Jerusalem.
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