Ezra 5:13 - Tree of Life Version ‘However, in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this House of God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, the same King Cyrus made a decree to rebuild this house of God. American Standard Version (1901) But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. Common English Bible However, in the first year of his rule, Babylon’s King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Babylon, king Cyrus issued a decree, so that this house of God would be built. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth al decree, that this house of God should be built. |
So the elders of the Jews continued building and prospering through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and according to the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
while saying of Cyrus, “He is My shepherd, and he shall fulfill all My purpose” while saying to Jerusalem, “You will be built” and to the Temple, “Your foundation will be laid.”
“They will be brought to Babylon, and there will they be until the day that I take note of them”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“and bring them up and restore them to this place.”