In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation by his word throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: Jehovah, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him; let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah the God of Israel—He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
And all who remain, in whatever places they sojourn, let the men of their place help them with silver and gold and goods and cattle, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
Then the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, and all whose spirit God had stirred up, rose up to go up and build the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem.
And all those around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver and gold, with goods, cattle, and precious things, besides all that was offered willingly.
Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and they were counted out and delivered to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
All the vessels of gold and silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought up all of them with those of the captivity who came up from Babylon to Jerusalem.