Ezra 5:12-14

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¹² But our ·ancestors [fathers] made the God of heaven angry, so he handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean [^Cthe leading tribe of Babylon], who destroyed this ·Temple [^Lhouse] and ·took [deported] the people to Babylon ·as captives [into exile].

¹³ “Later, in the first year Cyrus was king of Babylon [^Che was a Persian king but had multiple titles, including this one], he ·gave a special order [issued a decree] for this ·Temple [^Lhouse] of God to be rebuilt. ¹⁴ Cyrus brought out from the temple in Babylon the gold and silver ·bowls and pans [vessels; utensils] that came from the Temple of God. Nebuchadnezzar had taken them from the Temple in Jerusalem and had ·put them in [brought them to] the temple in Babylon.

“Then King Cyrus gave them to Sheshbazzar, his appointed governor [^Cof Judah; 1:8].