# Ezra 1:4

> 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.’”

— Ezra 1:4, 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

- 1 Chronicles 29:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/29/3

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).