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,
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 an house at
Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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,) which is in
Jerusalem.
4 And
whosoever 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, 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 God had raised, to go up
to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
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, beside all that was willingly offered.
7 Also
Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which
Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them 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 chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine
and twenty knives,
10 Thirty
basons of gold, silver basons 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 with them of the captivity that were brought up
from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
