| Chapter 1 |
| 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. |
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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
basins of gold, silver basins 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. |
