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Ezra 5:13

CyrusBabylon

11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.

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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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  • Isaiah 44:28–45:1

    That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

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  • Ezra 6:3–5

    In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

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  • Ezra 1:1–8

    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,

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