Ezra 1:2-5

2 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: “ ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.
3 Any 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.
4 And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.’ ”
5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S Judges 4:10; Psalms 72:11; Isaiah 41:2,25; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 49:7,23; Isaiah 60:3,10
  • 2. Ezra 5:13; Haggai 1:2
  • 3. Isaiah 10:20-22
  • 4. S Exodus 3:22
  • 5. Numbers 15:3; Psalms 50:14; Psalms 54:6; Psalms 116:17
  • 6. Psalms 72:8-11; Revelation 21:24
  • 7. Ezra 3:7; Ezra 4:3; Ezra 5:13; Ezra 6:3,14
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 11:1,3,10,12,23; 2 Chronicles 15:2,8-9; 2 Chronicles 25:5; 2 Chronicles 31:1; 2 Chronicles 34:9; Ezra 4:1; Ezra 10:9; Nehemiah 11:4; Nehemiah 12:34
  • 9. ver 1; Exodus 35:20-22; 2 Chronicles 36:22; Haggai 1:14; S Philippians 2:13
  • 10. Psalms 127:1
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