Ezra Chapter 1

Ezra Chapter 1
1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia (that the word of the Lord, spoken
by the mouth of Jeremiah, might be
accomplished) the Lord stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he
made a proclamation through all his
kingdom, and also by 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
commanded me to build him an house in
Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3 Who is he among you of all his people
with whom his God is? 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.
4 And every one that remaineth in any
place (where he sojourneth) let the men
of his place relieve him with silver and
with gold, and with substance, and with
cattle, and with a willing offering, for
the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
5 Then the chief fathers of Judah and
Benjamin, and the priests and Levites
rose up, 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 substance and
with cattle, and with precious things,
besides all that was willingly offered.
7 Also the king Cyrus brought forth the
vessels of the house of the Lord, which
Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of
Jerusalem, and had put them in the house
of his god.
8 Even them did Cyrus king of Persia
bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the
treasurer, and counted them unto
Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. 9 And
this is the number of them, thirty basins
of gold, a thousand basins of silver, nine
and twenty knives,
10 Thirty bowls of gold, and of silver
bowls of the second sort, four hundred
and ten, and of other vessels, a thousand.
11 All the vessels of gold and silver
were five thousand and four hundred.
Sheshbazzar brought up all with them of
the captivity that came up from Babylon
to Jerusalem.