Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Ezra: Chapter 1
1. 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,
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the
LORD, which Neb-u-chad-nez-zar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and
had put them in the house of his gods;
8. Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of
Mith-re-dath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Shesh-baz-zar, the
prince of Judah.
9. And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
10. Thirty basins of gold, silver basins 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 Shesh-baz-zar bring up with them of the
captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
June 11 Daily reading schedule.. go to chapter 2
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