 1 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, so that the Word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might he fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing saying, 2 Then King Cyrus of Persia says, The Lord God of Heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem that is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all His people? Let his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel. He is God who is in Jerusalem. 4 Whoever remains in any place where he resides, 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 that is in Jerusalem. 5 The chiefs of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, and all whose spirit God had raised, rose to go up to build the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem. 6 All those who were around them made their hands strong with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all being willingly offered. 7 Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord that Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem and had put them in the house of his gods. 8 Even those King Cyrus of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 This is the number of them: 30 platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, 29 knives, 10 30 basins of gold, 410 silver basins of a second kind, and 1,000 other vessels. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were 5,400. All these Sheshbazzar brought up, when the exiles were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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