Ezra On King Of Persia — Cyrus

Acknowledging G-d’s dominion, the book of Ezra starts with King Cyrus’ proclamation of his dominion given to him by G-d.

“Cyrus, King Of Persia — His Proclamation”

“The Building Of The Holy Temple”

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, upon the conclusion of Hashem’s prophecy by the mouth of Jeremiah, Hashem aroused the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he issued a proclamation throughout his kingdom — and in writing as well, saying:
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“Thus said Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth has Hashem, God of heaven, given to me and He has commanded me to build Him a Temple in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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Whoever is among you of His entire people — may his God be with him — and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and build the Temple of Hashem, God of Israel — He is the God! — which is in Jerusalem.
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So the heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin and the Kohanim and the Levites — with all those whose spirits God had aroused — got up to ascend and build the Temple of Hashem which is in Jerusalem.
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King Cyrus removed the vessels of the Temple of Hashem that Nebuchadnezzar had removed from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
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1 And in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Persia, at the completion of the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord aroused the Spirit of Cyrus, the king of Persia, and he issued a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying:
2 “So said Cyrus, the king of Persia, ‘All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of the heavens delivered to me, and He commanded me to build Him a House in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.
3 Who is among you of all His people, may his God be with him, and he may ascend to Jerusalem, which is in Judea, and let him build the House of the Lord, God of Israel; He is the God Who is in Jerusalem.
4 And whoever remains from all the places where he sojourns, the people of his place shall help him with silver and with gold and with possessions and with cattle, with the donation to the House of God, which is in Jerusalem.’
5 And the heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, with all whom God inspired to ascend to build the House of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem.
6 And all those around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with possessions, with cattle, and with precious things, besides all that was donated.
7 And King Cyrus took out all the vessels of the House of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of Jerusalem and had placed them in the temple of his god.
8 Now Cyrus, the king of Persia, took them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
9 And these are their number: thirty basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver, twenty-nine knives,
10 Thirty bowls of gold, secondary silver bowls four hundred and ten, a thousand other vessels.
11 All the vessels of silver and gold were five thousand, four hundred; Sheshbazzar brought up everything when the exiles were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.