# Ezra 1:3

> Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

— Ezra 1:3, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- 538 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Ezra 1:1 dates itself by the first year of Cyrus; his first year over Babylon is 538 BC by the Babylonian tablets.

## Who ruled

- **Cyrus the Great**, king of Persia, 559-530 BC, named in the text · Source: Cyrus Cylinder (British Museum), which records the policy of sending peoples and their cults back to their own lands; Herodotus I

## See also

- Daniel 6:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/6/26
- Jeremiah 10:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/10/10
- Isaiah 45:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/45/5
- Joshua 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/1/9
- Matthew 28:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/28/20
- Acts 10:36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/36

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).