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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezra 1 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezra/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezra/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Ezra 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/36.htm" title="2 Chronicles 36">◄</a> Ezra 1 <a href="../ezra/2.htm" title="Ezra 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/ezra/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">An Edict to Rebuild the Temple</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/2_chronicles/36.htm">2 Chronicles 36:22-23</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>During the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in fulfillment of the message from the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD prompted<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 Lit. stirred up the spirit of">a</a></span> Cyrus, king of Persia, to make this proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, which was also released in written form:</p> <p class="doubleindent margintop centr"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT</p> <p class="poetry2">FROM<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:2 Lit. Thus says">b</a></span> CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA</p> <p class="reg margintop marginbot">All of the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the LORD God of Heaven, and he specifically charged me to build a temple<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:2 Or house, and so throughout the book">c</a></span> for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore, who among the LORD’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:3 Lit. among all of his">d</a></span> people trusts in his God? Whoever among this group wishes to do so may travel to Jerusalem of Judah to rebuild the Temple of the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:3 Lit. of his LORD">e</a></span> God of Israel, the God of Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Furthermore, everyone who wishes to repatriate<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:4 Lit. who remains">f</a></span> from any territory where he now resides is to receive assistance from his fellow residents in the form of silver, gold, equipment, and pack animals, in addition to voluntary offerings for the Temple of the God of Jerusalem.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In response, the heads of the families<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:5 Lit. fathers">g</a></span> of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and descendants of Levi, and all those who had been prompted<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:5 Lit. all whose spirit had been stirred up">h</a></span> by God, prepared to travel to rebuild the Temple of the LORD, which was in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So all of their neighbors equipped the travelers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:6 Lit. strengthened their hands">i</a></span> with silver, gold, equipment, pack animals, and valuable goods, in addition to voluntary offerings.</p> <p class="heading">Temple Instruments Returned</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>King Cyrus also brought out from storage<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 The Heb. lacks from storage">j</a></span> the service instruments from the Temple of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his gods.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 LXX his god">k</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out to Mithredath the Treasurer, had them inventoried, and had them placed in care of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:8 Lit. Treasurer, and numbered them to">l</a></span> Sheshbazzar,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:8 i.e. Zerubbabel; Sheshbazzar is the Persian equivalent (cf. 2:2)">m</a></span> governor of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Here is a partial inventory:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:9 Lit. This was their number">n</a></span> </p> <p class="reg">Gold dishes: 30</p> <p class="reg">Silver dishes: 1,000</p> <p class="reg">Sacrificial knives: 29</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Gold bowls: 30</p> <p class="reg">Silver bowls of another kind:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:10 Lit. of a second">o</a></span> 410</p> <p class="reg">Miscellaneous instruments: 1,000</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The complete inventory of gold and silver vessels totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 i.e. Zerubbabel; Sheshbazzar is the Persian equivalent (cf. 2:2)">p</a></span> brought them all to Jerusalem, along with the exiles from Babylon.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 1:1 Lit. <i>stirred up the spirit of</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 1:2 Lit. <i>Thus says</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 1:2 Or <i>house</i>, and so throughout the book<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 1:3 Lit. <i>among all of his</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 1:3 Lit. <i>of his LORD</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 1:4 Lit. <i>who remains</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 1:5 Lit. <i>fathers</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 1:5 Lit. <i>all whose spirit had been stirred up</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 1:6 Lit. <i>strengthened their hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 1:7 The Heb. lacks <i>from storage</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 1:7 LXX <i>his god</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 1:8 Lit. <i>Treasurer, and numbered them to</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 1:8 i.e. Zerubbabel; <i>Sheshbazzar</i> is the Persian equivalent (cf. 2:2)<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 1:9 Lit. <i>This was their number</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 1:10 Lit. <i>of a second</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 1:11 i.e. Zerubbabel; <i>Sheshbazzar</i> is the Persian equivalent (cf. 2:2)<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezra/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezra 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezra 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/ezra/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>