<p class="bodytext">Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed<n id="1" /> in the temple of his gods.

King Cyrus of Persia entrusted<n id="1" /> them to<n id="2" /> Mithredath<n id="3" /> the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar<n id="4" /> the leader of the Judahite exiles.<n id="5" />p>

(They gave their word<n id="1" /> to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)p>

Therefore let us enact<n id="1" /> a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord,<n id="2" /> and that of those who respect<n id="3" /> the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.

I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them<n id="1" /> what to say to Iddo and his relatives,<n id="2" /> who were the temple servants in<n id="3" /> Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God.p>