King Cyrus Starts Building the Lord’s House in Jerusalem |
Ezra 1:1-11 The Book of Ezra in [Smaller Chunks] |
Now, in the 1st year of Cyrus, [Persia’s] king, [so] that the Word of the Lord by [Jeremiah’s] mouth [was] fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, [Persia’s] king. |
He made a proclamation throughout his kingdom & also put it in writing. [It said,] Cyrus, [Persia’s] king, [says this,] The Lord God of the heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. And He has [put me in charge] to build Him a house [in] Jerusalem, which is in Judah. |
Who is there among you of all [God’s] people? [Let] his God be with him & let him go up to Jerusalem, in Judah & build the house of the Lord God of Israel. (He is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. |
[1 Kings 18:37-39 Hear me, O Lord,hear me, [so] that this people may know that you [are] the Lord God & that You have [returned] their back again. Then, the fire of the Lord fell & consumed the burnt sacrifice, the stones & dust & licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces & they said, The Lord, He Is the God; the Lord, He Is the God.] |
Let the men of [this] place [who remain,] help [them] with silver, gold, goods & with [animals, in addition to] the freewill [offerings] for the house of God in Jerusalem. |
The chief of the [families] of Judah & Benjamin & the priests & Levites rose up & all whose spirit God [stirred up went] to go up to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. |
[Those around] them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, gold, with goods & with [animals] & precious things, [in addition to] all that was willingly offered. |
Also, king Cyrus brought [out] vessels of the [Lord’s] house, which Nebuchadnezzar had [taken] out of Jerusalem & had put them in the house of his gods. |
Cyrus brought those [there at] the hand of Mithredath, the treasurer & [counted] them to Sheshbazzar, [Judah’s] prince. And this is the number of them: 30 [platters] of gold, 1,000 [platters] of silver, 29 knives, 30 [basins] of gold & 410 [basins] of silver of [another type] & 1,000 other vessels. |
There were 5,400 vessels of gold & of silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these up with [those who returned] from captivity [in] Babylon to Jerusalem. |