Ezra 5:13 “In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued…”

Ezra 5:13

In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

World English Bible

But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

American Standard Version

But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

Geneva Bible 1599

But in the first yere of Cyrus King of Babel, King Cyrus made a decree to buylde this house of God.

Darby Translation

But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, king Cyrus gave orders to build this house of God.

Young's Literal Translation

but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,

Bible in Basic English

But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;

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Cross references

“But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.”

Ezra 1:1–8 Ezra 6:3–5 Isaiah 44:28 Isaiah 45:1

Ezra 1:1–8 · BSB

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writi…

Ezra 6:3–5 · BSB

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits…

Isaiah 44:28 · BSB

who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

Isaiah 45:1 · BSB

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

14He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor

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