1 In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying:
2 Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.
3 Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him. Let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Jndert, and build the house of the Lord the God of Israel: he is the God that is in Jerusalem.
4 And let all the restin all places wheresoever they dwell, help him every man from his place. with silver and gold, and goods, and cattle, besides that which they offer freely to the temple of God, which is in Jerusalem.
5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Juda and Benjamin, and the priests, and Levites, and every one whose spirit God had raised up, to go up to build the temple of the Lord, which was in Jerusalem.
6 And all they that were round about, helped their hands with vessels of silver, and gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with furniture, besides what they had offered on their own accord.
7 And king Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the temple of the Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had taken from Jerusalem, and had put them in the temple of his god.
8 Now Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithridates the son of Gazabar, and numbered them to Sassabasar the prince of Juda.
9 And this is the number of them: thirty bowls of gold, a thousand bowls of silver, nine and twenty knives, thirty cups of gold,
10 Silver cups of a second sort, four hundred and ten: other vessels a thousand.
11 All the vessels of gold and silver, five thousand four hundred: all these Sassabasar brought with them that came up from the captivity of Babylon to Jerusalem.
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Ezra 1 reports the restoration of the temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity. The chapter describes as Cyrus, king of Persia, issued a decree allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. The chapter also describes how Cyrus returned the sacred utensils of the temple that had been looted by the Babylonians.
2 Chronicles 36:23: "Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and in charge of building me a house in Jerusalem, who is in Judah. Your people? The Lord your God be with Him, and go up. " This verse describes as Cyrus, as an instrument of God, allowed the Jews to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 44:28: "Who says of Cyrus, He is my pastor, and will fulfill all that pleases me, saying to Jerusalem, you will be built; and the temple: You shall be founded." This verse prophesies the restoration of Jerusalem and the reconstruction of the temple by King Ciro, who is called the pastor of God's people.
Esdras 6:14: "And the elders of the Jews were building and thriving, according to the prophecy of the prophet Haggai and of Zechariah, the son of Ido. They built and ended, by order of the God of Israel, and by order of Cyrus, and of Darius, and of Darius, , and from Artaxerxes, kings of Persia. " This verse highlights the importance of the prophecies of the Prophets Agee and Zechariah, who encouraged the Jews to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
Ageu 1:8: "I climbed to the mount, and brought wood, and build the house; and I will please me, and be glorified, says the Lord." This verse is a message from Haggai to the people of Judah, urging them to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem and promising God's approval if they do it.
Ageu 2:9: "The glory of this last house will be greater than that of the first, says the Lord of hosts, and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of hosts." This verse prophesies that the glory of the rebuilt temple will be greater than that of the original temple and that God will grant peace to the people who worship him.
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