Author: A scribe of King Cyrus
Written: 538 or 537 BC
Location: Babylon, after the capital city had been taken by the Persians
The degree which was made in the first year of King Cyrus is as follows:
This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:
“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of His people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them. And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.’”-Recorded in Ezra 1:2-4
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