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Ezra 1

1 Cyrus ſendeth againe the people that was in captiuitie. 8 And reſtoreth them their holy veſſels.
1.NOw in ye firſt yere of Cyrus King of Perſia (yt the worde of the Lord, ſpoken by the mouth of Ieremiáh, might be accõpliſhed) the Lord ſtirred vp the ſpirit of Cyrus King of Perſia, and he made a proclamacion through all his kingdome, and alſo by writing, ſaying,
2.Thus ſaith Cyrus King of Perſia, The Lord God of heauen hathe giuen me all the kingdomes of the earth, and he hathe commanded me to buyld him an houſe in Ieruſalém, which is in Iudáh.
3.Who is he among you of all his people with whome his God is? let him go vp to Ieruſalém which is in Iudáh, and buyld the houſe of the Lord God of Iſraél: he is the God, which is in Ieruſalém.
4.And euerie one that remaineth in anie place (where he ſoiourneth) let the men of his place relieue him with ſiluer & with golde, and with ſubſtance, & with cattel, and with a willing offring, for the houſe of God that is in Ieruſalém.
5.Then the chief fathers of Iudáh & Beniamín, & the Prieſts & Leuites roſe vp, with all thẽ whoſe ſpirit God had raiſed to go vp, to buyld the houſe of the Lord which is in Ieruſalém.
6.And all they that were about thẽ, ſtrẽgthened their hands with veſſels of ſiluer, with golde, with ſubſtance & with cattel, & with precious thĩgs, beſides all that was willingly offred.
7.Alſo the King Cyrus broght forthe the veſſels of the houſe of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzár had takẽ out of Ieruſalém, & had put thẽ in ye houſe of his god.
8.Euen thẽ did Cyrus King of Perſia brĩg forthe by the hãd of Mithredáth the treaſurer, and counted thẽ vnto Sheſhbazzár the prince of Iudáh.
9.And this is the number of them, thirtie baſins of golde, a thouſand baſins of ſiluer, nine and twentie kniues,
10.Thirtie bowles of golde, & of ſiluer bowles of the ſecõd ſorte, foure hundreth and ten, & of other veſſels, a thouſand.
11.All the veſſels of golde & ſiluer were fiue thouſand & foure hũdreth. Sheſhbazzár broght vp all with thẽ of the captiuitie that came vp frõ Babél to Ieruſalém.

Notes

1:*.
2 Chro. 36, 22. 1. ezd. 1, 1. iere. 25, 12 & 29, 10
1:a.
After that he and Darius had wonne Babylón
1:b.
Who promiſed the deliuerance after that ſeuentie yeres were paſt, Ier. 25, 11.
1:c.
That is, moued him, and gaue him heart
2:d.
For he was chief Monarche, and had manie nacions vnder his dominion, which this heathen King cõfeſſeth to haue receiued of the liuing God.
4:e.
If any through pouertie, or other occaſion was not able to returne, the Kings cõmiſſiõ was that he ſhoulde be furniſhed with neceſſaries
4:f.
Which they them ſelues ſhoulde ſend toward the reparacion of ye Temple.
6:g.
The Babylonians & Chaldeans gaue them theſe preſents thus rather then the children of God ſhoulde want for their neceſſities, he wolde ſtirre vp the heart of the very infideles to helpe them
7:*.
2 Kin 25, 13. 2 chro 36, 7. ier 27, 19. dan 1, 2.
8:h.
So the Chaldeans called Zerubbabél, who was the chief gouernour, ſo that ye preeminence ſtil remained in the houſe of Dauid
9:i.
Which ſerued to kill the beaſtes that were offred in ſacrifice
11:k.
With ye Iewes yt had bene kept captiues in Babylon.