And all of those around them [a](A)encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with equipment, cattle, and with valuables, aside from everything that was given as a [b]voluntary offering. (B)Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, (C)which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods; and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to (D)Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:6 Lit strengthened their hands
  2. Ezra 1:6 Or freewill offering

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