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1During the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord caused him to make an announcement. It was written down, and Cyrus ordered that it be read throughout his kingdom. This was done so that what the Lord had told Jeremiah years before would now happen. This was the announcement:[#1:1 That is, 538 B.C.; #1:1 See Jer. 25:12-14.]
5Then God caused many of his people to want to go to Jerusalem. These included the family leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and Levites, and many others. They all prepared to go and rebuild the Lord ’s Temple.
6All their neighbors gave them many gifts. They gave them silver, gold, animals, and other expensive things. Their neighbors freely gave them all those things.
7Also, King Cyrus brought out the things that belonged in the Lord ’s Temple that Nebuchadnezzar had taken away from Jerusalem. He had put them in his temple where he kept his false gods.
8King Cyrus of Persia told Mithredath, the man who keeps his money, to bring those things out. So Mithredath brought them out to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.
9This is what Mithredath brought out of the Lord’s Temple: 30 gold dishes, 1000 silver dishes, 29 knives and pans,
1030 gold bowls, 410 silver bowls similar to the gold bowls, and 1000 other dishes.
11All together, there were 5400 things made from gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brought them all with him when the prisoners left Babylon and went back to Jerusalem.