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In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the Lord fulfilled the
prophecy he had given through Jeremiah. He stirred the heart of Cyrus to
put this proclamation in writing and to send it throughout his kingdom:
“This is what King Cyrus of Persia says:
“The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the
earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem, which
is in Judah. Any of you who are his people may go to Jerusalem in
Judah to rebuild this Temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives
in Jerusalem. And may your God be with you! Wherever this Jewish
remnant is found, let their neighbors contribute toward their expenses
by giving them silver and gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock,
as well as a voluntary offering for the Temple of God in Jerusalem.”
Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and Levites and the leaders of
the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple
of the Lord. And all their neighbors assisted by giving them articles of
silver and gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock. They gave them
many valuable gifts in addition to all the voluntary offerings.
King Cyrus himself brought out the articles that King Nebuc hadnezzar
had taken from the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem and had placed in the
temple of his own gods. Cyrus directed Mithredath, the treasurer of Per
sia, to count these items and present them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of
the exiles returning to Judah. This is a list of the items that were returned:
gold basins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
silver basins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
silver incense burners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
gold bowls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
silver bowls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
other items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brought all
of these along when the exiles went from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from
their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but
now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they
originally lived. Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Sera
iah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:
The family of Parosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,172
The family of Shephatiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
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