Ezra 1

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, the LORD stirs up his spirit to proclaim that the house of the LORD in Jerusalem is to be rebuilt. The exiles return with gifts, and Cyrus gives back the temple vessels that Nebuchadnezzar had taken.

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