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Ezra 5:13

CyrusBabylon

11 And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

12 But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

14 He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor

15 and instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’

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BSB
In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
KJV
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
WEB
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
ASV
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
DARBY
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, king Cyrus gave orders to build this house of God.
BLB
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
ÅB
Men i Kyros', kongen i Babels første år gav kong Kyros befaling til å bygge opp igjen dette Guds hus.
OTB
Likevel, i det første året av Kyros, kongen av Babylon, utstedte kong Kyros en forordning om å gjenoppbygge dette Guds hus.
B1930
Men i Kyros', kongen i Babels første år gav kong Kyros befaling til å bygge op igjen dette Guds hus.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 44:28–45:1

    who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

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  • Ezra 6:3–5

    In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

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  • Ezra 1:1–8

    In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

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