“ ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed^c me to build^d a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. ³Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them. ⁴And in any locality where survivors^e may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold,^f with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings^g for the temple of God^h in Jerusalem.’ ”ⁱ

⁵Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin,^j and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved^k—prepared to go up and build the house^l of the Lord in Jerusalem. ⁶All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold,^m with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.

⁷Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.^aⁿ ⁸Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar^o the prince of Judah.

⁹This was the inventory:

gold dishes 30

silver dishes 1,000

silver pans^b 29

¹⁰gold bowls 30

matching silver bowls 410

Footnotes

aOr gods
bThe meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Cross references

cSee Jdg 4:10; Ps 72:11; Isa 41:2, 25; 44:28; 45:13; 46:11; 49:7, 23; 60:3, 10
d Hag 1:2
e Isa 10:20–22
fSee Ex 3:22
g Nu 15:3; Ps 50:14; 54:6; 116:17
h Ps 72:8–11; Rev 21:24
i Ezr 3:7; 4:3; 5:13; 6:3, 14
j 2 Ch 11:1, 3, 10, 12, 23; 15:2, 8–9; 25:5; 31:1; 34:9; Ezr 4:1; 10:9; Ne 11:4; 12:34
kver 1; Ex 35:20–22; 2 Ch 36:22; Hag 1:14; See Php 2:13
l Ps 127:1
mSee Ex 3:22
nSee 2 Ki 24:13; See 2 Ch 36:7, 10; Ezr 5:14; 6:5; Jer 52:17–19
oSee 1 Ch 3:18