# Ezra 1:6

> And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.

— Ezra 1:6, Berean Standard Bible

## 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 · Source: Cyrus Cylinder (British Museum), which records the policy of sending peoples and their cults back to their own lands; Herodotus I

## See also

- Ezra 1:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1/4
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/9/7

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).