¶ Now in the¹ first year of Cyrus² king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth³ of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD⁴ stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation⁵ throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God⁶ of heaven hath given⁷ me all the kingdoms⁸ of the earth; and he hath charged⁹ me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Who is there among you of all his people? his God¹⁰ 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 God¹¹,) which is in Jerusalem.

And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men¹² of his place help him¹³ with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill¹⁴ offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

¶ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit¹⁵ God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

And all they that were about them strengthened their hands¹⁶ with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered¹⁷.

Also Cyrus¹⁸ the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar¹⁹ had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar²⁰, the prince of Judah.

And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold²¹, a thousand chargers of silver, nine²² and twenty knives,

¶ Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

All the vessels²³ of gold and of silver were five thousand²⁴ and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.