Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Ezra 5:13 in English Standard Version "However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt." Ezr 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: