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Ezra 5:13

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezra 5:13 · King James Version

In other versions

  • But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

    ASV

  • But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;

    BBE

  • But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, king Cyrus gave orders to build this house of God.

    DBY

  • But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

    WEB

  • but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,

    YLT

  • But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

    ENG

  • But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

    WBT

  • In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

    BSB

In context

11And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

12But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

13But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

14And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

15And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.

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