Ezra 5:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

However in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt.

Cross References

Ezra 6:14

And the elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by command of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Ar-ta-xerxes king of Persia;

Isaiah 44:28

who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfil all my purpose’; saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’ ”

Jeremiah 27:22

They shall be carried to Babylon and remain there until the day when I give attention to them, says the Lord. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.”