1 In order to fulfill the Lord's prophecy given through Jeremiah, the Lord encouraged Cyrus, king of Persia, to issue a proclamation throughout his kingdom and also to put it in writing, saying, 2 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, who has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, has given me the responsibility to build a Temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. 3 Anyone among you who belongs to his people can go to Jerusalem in Judah to rebuild this Temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem. May your God be with you. 4 Wherever survivors are currently living, let them be helped by the people of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, together with a voluntary donation for God's Temple in Jerusalem.’” 5 Then God encouraged the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, as well as the priests and Levites to go and rebuild the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem. 6 All their neighbors supported them with gifts of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with other valuable items, in addition to all their voluntary donations. 7 King Cyrus also retrieved the items belonging to the Lord's Temple that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his god. 8 Cyrus had Mithredath the treasurer retrieve them, who counted them and gave them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah. 9 This was the list: 30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver silverware, 10 30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other items. 11 In total there were 5,400 gold and silver items. When the exiles left Babylon to go to Jerusalem Sheshbazzar took all these along with them.
Ezra 1 Free Bible Version
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Cyrus
King of Persia whose spirit the LORD stirred in his first year to proclaim that God had appointed him to build a house for Him at Jerusalem and that God's people may go up.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 36:22; 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:1
Mithredath
Cyrus’s treasurer who brought out the temple articles and counted them out to Sheshbazzar.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 1:8
Sheshbazzar
Prince of Judah to whom Cyrus gave the temple articles; he carried them to Jerusalem, was appointed governor, and is said to have laid the foundation of the house of God.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 1:8; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 5:14
Cross references (10)
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- 1 Jeremiah 29:10; 2 Chronicles 36:22–23; Jeremiah 25:12–14; Ezra 6:22; Ezra 7:27
- 2 Isaiah 45:12–13; Isaiah 44:26–45:1; Daniel 5:23; Daniel 5:19–21; Daniel 4:32
- 3 Daniel 6:26; Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 45:5; Acts 10:36; Joshua 1:9
- 4 1 Chronicles 29:3; Galatians 6:2; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 3 John 6–8; Ezra 2:68–70
- 5 Ezra 1:1; 2 Chronicles 36:22; Philippians 2:13; James 1:16–17; Nehemiah 2:12
- 6 2 Corinthians 9:7; Ezra 1:4; Psalm 110:3; Ezra 8:25–28; Ezra 7:15–16
- 7 2 Chronicles 36:7; Ezra 5:14; Ezra 6:5; 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:10
- 8 Ezra 5:14; Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 4:6–10; Ezra 5:16; Ezra 1:11
- 9 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 4:11; Numbers 7:13; Matthew 10:29–31; Matthew 14:8
- 11 Matthew 1:11–12; Romans 9:23; 2 Timothy 2:19–21
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