Ezra 5:12-14

International Children’s Bible

¹² But our ancestors made the God of heaven angry. So God let them be defeated by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He destroyed this Temple. And he took the people to Babylon as captives.

¹³ “Later, Cyrus was in his first year as king of Babylon. He gave a special order for this Temple to be rebuilt. ¹⁴ And Cyrus brought out things from the temple in Babylon. They were the gold and silver bowls and pans that came from the Temple of God. Nebuchadnezzar had taken them from the Temple in Jerusalem. And he had put them in the temple in Babylon.

“Then King Cyrus gave them to Sheshbazzar. He had appointed Sheshbazzar as governor.