The Book of Ezra! verse by verse...

[kerrylee]

Ezra1:1
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia--this fulfilled the Message of GOD preached by Jeremiah--GOD prodded Cyrus king of Persia to make an official announcement throughout his kingdom. He wrote it out as follows:

 

[worldwatcher]

Ezra 1:2
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

 

[barb754]

Ezra 1:3 (KJV)
Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

 

[doc329]

Ezra 1:4 (KJV) And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

 

[kerrylee]

Ezra 1:5
The heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites--everyone, in fact, God prodded--set out to build The Temple of GOD in Jerusalem.

 

[doc329]

Ezra 1:6 (KJV)
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

 

[barb754]

Ezra 1:7 (KJV)
Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

 

[doc329]

Ezra 1:8 (KJV) Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

 

[Glenda]

Ezr 1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, twenty one knives,

 

[doc329]

Ezra 1:10 (KJV) Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

 

[worldwatcher]

Ezra 1:11
All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

 

[Glenda]

Ezr 2:1 Now these are the sons of the province who went up out of the captivity, of those who had been exiled, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled to Babylon. And they came again to Jerusalem and Judah, each one to his own city,

 

[doc329]

Ezra 2:2 (KJV) Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

 

[Glenda]

Ezr 2:3 The sons of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy two.

 

[doc329]

Ezra 2:4 (KJV) The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

 

[Glenda]

Ezr 2:5 The sons of Arah, seven hundred and seventy five.

 

[angelwannabe]

Ezra 2:6-The children of Pahathmoab of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

 

[doc329]

Ezra 2:7 (KJV) The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

 

[Glenda]

Ezr 2:8 The sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty five.

 

[doc329]

Ezra 2:9 (KJV) The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.