Ezra 1:4

Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, besides the freewill offering for God’s house which is in Jerusalem.’”

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WEBBE

Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, in addition to the free will offering for God’s house which is in Jerusalem.’”

BSB

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.’”

ASV

And whosoever is left, 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, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

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וְכָל־ ve·khol and every H3605 הַנִּשְׁאָר ha·nish·'ar (the) [one who] remains H7604 מִכָּל־ mi·kol from all H3605 הַמְּקֹמוֹת ha·me·ko·mot the places H4725 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher where H834 הוּא hu' he H1931 גָר־ gar- [is] sojourning H1481 שָׁם sham there H8033 יְנַשְּׂאוּהוּ ye·na·se·'u·hu let them support him H5375 אַנְשֵׁי 'an·shei [the] people of H582 מְקֹמוֹ me·ko·mo place his H4725 בְּכֶסֶף be·khe·sef with silver H3701 וּבְזָהָב u·ve·za·hav and with gold H2091 וּבִרְכוּשׁ u·vir·khush and with property H7399 וּבִבְהֵמָה u·viv·he·mah and with cattle H929 עִם־ 'im- with H5973 הַנְּדָבָה ha·ne·da·vah the freewill offering H5071 לְבֵית le·veit for [the] house of H1004 הָאֱלֹהִים ha·'e·lo·him (the) God H430 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 בִּירוּשָׁלִָם bi·ru·sha·lim [is] in Jerusalem H3389

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4

The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus. The hearts of kings are in the hand of the Lord. God governs the world by his influence on the spirits of men; whatever good they do, God stirs up their spirits to do it. It was during the captivity of the Jews, that God principally employed them as the means of calling the attention of the heathen to him. Cyrus took it for granted, that those among the Jews who were able, would offer free-will offerings for the house of God. He would also have them supplied out of his kingdom. Well-wishers to the temple should be well-doers for it.

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Jerusalem

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.