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Ezra 1

← 2 Chronicles 36 | Ezra 2 →

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Ezra 1 . 1

1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:IP2 Chronicles 36:22-23 Jeremiah 25:11TOSKEzra 1:1TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding) Cyrus (Gentile Deliverer) New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern)

Ezra 1 . 2

2 "This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: 'The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.IP2 Chronicles 36:22-23 Jeremiah 25:11TOSKEzra 1:2TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Ezra 1 . 3

3 Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.IP2 Chronicles 36:22-23 Jeremiah 25:11TOSKEzra 1:3TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Ezra 1 . 4

4 And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.'"IPExodus 35:21-22 Exodus 35:29 Exodus 35:5 Ezra 1:6 Exodus 12:36TOSKEzra 1:4TTNew Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern) Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope)

Ezra 1 . 5

5 So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.IPHaggai 1:14CEzra 1:5-11TOSKEzra 1:5TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Ezra 1 . 6

6 And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.IPEzra 1:6 Ezra 1:4 Exodus 12:35 Exodus 12:36CEzra 1:5-11TOSKEzra 1:6TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope)

Ezra 1 . 7

7 King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.IPJeremiah 27:22 2 Kings 24:13 Jeremiah 27:16-22CEzra 1:5-11TOSKEzra 1:7TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Ezra 1 . 8

8 Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.IP2 Kings 24:13 Jeremiah 27:16-22CEzra 1:5-11TOSKEzra 1:8TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Ezra 1 . 9

9 This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,IP2 Kings 24:13 Jeremiah 27:16-22CEzra 1:5-11TOSKEzra 1:9TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Ezra 1 . 10

10 30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.IP2 Kings 24:13 Jeremiah 27:16-22CEzra 1:5-11TOSKEzra 1:10TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Ezra 1 . 11

11 In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.IPJeremiah 27:22 2 Kings 24:13 Jeremiah 27:16-22CEzra 1:5-11TOSKEzra 1:11TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Linked Mentions 25

Intertextuality Pairs 17

Trajectory Tables 5

Anchor Texts 1

Exodus 12 — The Passover

Chiasm 1

Ezra 1:5–11 — Chiasm

Cycles 1

Cycle 18 — The Return and the Silence: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Malachi (538–400 BC)

In the wider web20 threads

Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations Ezra 1:1-3 → 2 Chronicles 36:22-23

Allusions Ezra 1:4 → Exodus 12:36, Ezra 1:6 → Exodus 12:35, Ezra 1:6 → Exodus 12:36, Ezra 1:6 → Ezra 1:4, Ezra 1:7-11 → 2 Kings 24:13, Jeremiah 25:11 → Ezra 1:1-3, Jeremiah 27:16-22 → Ezra 1:7-11, Jeremiah 27:22 → Ezra 1:11, Jeremiah 27:22 → Ezra 1:7, Haggai 1:14 → Ezra 1:5

Echoes Ezra 1:36 → Ezra 1:6, Ezra 1:4 → Exodus 35:21-22, Ezra 1:4 → Exodus 35:29, Ezra 1:4 → Exodus 35:5

Cyrus (Gentile Deliverer), New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Shaped Ezra 1:5–11