Ezra 1:2
1:2 “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia:
“‘The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has instructed me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Ezra 3:7
Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple
3:7 So they provided money for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.
Ezra 3:10
3:10 When the builders established the
Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions,
and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the
Lord according to the instructions left by
King David of Israel.
Ezra 4:2-3
4:2 they came to Zerubbabel and the leaders
and said to them, “Let us help you build,
for like you we seek your God and we have been sacrificing to him
from the time
of King Esarhaddon
of Assyria, who brought us here.”
4:3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them, “You have no right
to help us build the temple of our God. We will build it by ourselves for the
Lord God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.”
Ezra 4:7
4:7 And during the reign
of Artaxerxes, Bishlam,
Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their colleagues
wrote to King Artaxerxes
of Persia. This letter
was first written in Aramaic but then translated.
[Aramaic:]
Ezra 5:12
5:12 But after our ancestors
angered the God of heaven, he delivered them into the hands
of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon.
Ezra 6:12
6:12 May God who makes his name to reside there overthrow any king or nation
who reaches out
to cause such change so as to destroy this temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given orders. Let them be carried out with precision!”
Ezra 6:14
6:14 The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time
Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Ezra 6:22
6:22 They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the
Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion
of the king of Assyria
toward them, so that he assisted
them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.