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1:1 Koresh returns some Jews

1 In the first year that Koresh (Cyrus) was king of Persia (Heb. Paras), Yahweh stirred up his spirit in order to fulfil what he’d spoken through the prophet Yirmeyah (Jeremiah).[ref] So the king distributed a written proclamation throughout his kingdom, saying, 2 “Koresh, king of Persia, declares this: Yahweh, the god of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms in the world, and he’s appointed me to build a residence for him in Yerushalem in Yehudah.[ref] 3 Anyone among you who’s one of his followers is free to go to Yerushalem (in Yehudah) to help build a temple there for Israel’s God Yahweh—the god of Yerushalem. May God go with you. 4 Those who live near these people but who’re not going themselves, should donate gold and silver, and goods and livestock, plus cash as a voluntary offering for God’s temple in Yerushalem.

5 Then some of the leaders of Benyamin and Yehudah, and some priests and Levites—all of whom had had their spirits stirred up by God—left to go and build Yahweh’s residence in Yerushalem. 6 Their neighbours had helped them by donating gold and silver utensils, goods and livestock, and expensive gifts, as well as the voluntary offerings of cash.

7 Then King Koresh brought out the equipment from Yahweh’s temple that Nebuchadnezzar had brought all the way from Yerushalem and had put in the house of his gods. 8 He put the treasurer Mitedat in charge of bringing them out and Sheshbatstsar, the ruler of Yehudah, in charge of accepting them and listing them. 9 There were: thirty gold basins, one thousand silver basins, twenty-nine knives, 10 thirty gold bowls, 410 silver bowls, and a thousand other utensils, 11 coming to a total of 5,400 gold and silver utensils. Sheshbatstsar took all of that with the group of exiles going from Babylon to Yerushalem.

1:1: Jer 25:11; 29:10.

1:2: Isa 44:28.

1 And_in_year _of one to/for_Coresh the _king of _Pāraş in _order _to_fulfill the _word of_YHWH by_mouth of _Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) he _stirred _up YHWH DOM the _spirit of _Kōresh/(Cyrus) the _king of _Pāraş and_sent a _proclamation in_all his/its_kingdom and_also in/on/at/with_writing to_say.
2 Thus he _says Kōresh the _king of _Pāraş all the _kingdoms the_earth/land he _has _given to_me YHWH the _god the_heavens and_he he _has _appointed to_me to_build to_him/it a _house in/on/at/with_Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) which in/on/at/with_Yəhūdāh/(Judah).
3 Who in/on/at/with_you _all from_all people_his may _he _be his/its_god with_him/it and_go _up to_Yərūshālayim which in/on/at/with_Yəhūdāh and_build DOM the _house of_YHWH the _god of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he the_ʼElohīm who in/on/at/with_Yərūshālayim.
4 And_all the_survivor from_all the_place where he [is]_sojourning there assisted_him the _people place_that in/on/at/with_silver and_in/on/at/with_gold and_in/on/at/with_goods and_in/on/at/with_livestock with the_freewill _offering for_house the_ʼElohīm which in/on/at/with_Yərūshālayim.
5 And_prepared the _heads the_families of_Yəhūdāh and_Binyāmīn and_the_priests and_the_Lēviyyiy to_all/each/any/every [one _whom]_he _had _stirred _up the_ʼElohīm DOM his/its_breath/wind/spirit to_go _up to_rebuild DOM the _house of_YHWH which in/on/at/with_Yərūshālayim.
6 And_all neighbors_their they _strengthened in/on/at/with_hands _of_them in/on/at/with_articles of _silver in/on/at/with_gold in/on/at/with_goods and_on/over_cattle/livestock and_in/on/at/with_valuable _gifts in_addition _to (on) all offering _of _freewill _offerings.
7 and_the_king Kōresh/(Cyrus) he _brought _out DOM the _vessels of _the _house of_YHWH which he _had _brought _out Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar from_Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) and_placed_them in_house _of his/its_god.
8 And_brought _out_them[fn][fn] Kōresh the _king of _Pāraş on the _hand of _Mitrədāt the_treasurer and_counted _out_them to_Shēshəbaʦʦar the_prince of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah).
9 And_these inventory_their basins of _gold thirty basins of _silver one _thousand knives nine and_twenty.
10 bowls of _gold thirty bowls of _silver second _order four hundred(s) and_ten vessels other one _thousand.
11 all vessels of _the_gold and_of _the_silver five thousand(s) and_four hundred(s) the_all he _brought _up Shēshəbaʦʦar with were _led _up the_exiles from_Bāⱱel to_Yərūshālayim.

1:8 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.

1:8 Note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.

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Temple of the Lord

The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.

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