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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,
02 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.
03 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.
04 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.
05 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.
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06 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.
07 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;
08 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.
09 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.
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