[0] and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the Book of

[0] and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the Book of
the Kings of Israel and Judah. [1] In the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so
that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in
writing: [2] "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven,
has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build
him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. [3] Whoever is among you of
all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem,
which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel--
he is the God who is in Jerusalem; [4] and let each survivor, in whatever
place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and
gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house
of God which is in Jerusalem." [5] Then rose up the heads of the fathers'
houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, every one
whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the LORD
which is in Jerusalem; [6] and all who were about them aided them with
vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly
wares, besides all that was freely offered. [7] Cyrus the king also brought
out the vessels of the house of the LORD which Nebuchadnez'zar had carried
away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods. [8] Cyrus king of
Persia brought these out in charge of Mith'redath the treasurer, who
counted them out to Shesh-baz'zar the prince of Judah. [9] And this was the
number of them: a thousand basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver,
twenty-nine censers, [10] thirty bowls of gold, two thousand four hundred
and ten bowls of silver, and a thousand other vessels; [11] all the vessels
of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred and sixty-nine. All
these did Shesh-baz'zar bring up, when the exiles were brought up from
Babylonia to Jerusalem.