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5:15. And said to him: Take these vessels, and go, and put them in the
temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its
place.
5:16. Then came this same Sassabasar, and laid the foundations of the
temple of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it is in
building, and is not yet finished.
5:17. Now therefore if it seem good to the king, let him search in the
king's library, which is in Babylon, whether it hath been decreed by
Cyrus the king, that the house of God in Jerusalem should be built, and
let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
1 Esdras Chapter 6
King Darius favoureth the building and contributeth to it.
6:1. Then king Darius gave orders, and they searched in the library of
the books that were laid up in Babylon,
6:2. And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province
of Media, a book in which this record was written.
6:3. In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that
the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place
where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that
may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of
threescore cubits,
6:4. Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber: and the
charges shall be given out of the king's house.
6:5. And also let the golden and silver vessels of the temple of God,
which Nabuchodonosor took out of the temple of Jerusalem, and brought to
Babylon, be restored, and carried back to the temple of Jerusalem to
their place, which also were placed in the temple of God.
6:6. Now therefore Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river,
Stharbuzanai, and your counsellors the Apharsachites, who are beyond the
river, depart far from them,
6:7. And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews,
and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its
place.
6:8. I also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the
Jews, that the house of God may be built, to wit, that of the king's
chest, that is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country beyond
the river, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest the work
be hindered.
6:9. And if it shall be necessary, let calves also, and lambs, and kids,
for holocausts to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil,
according to the custom of the priests that are in Jerusalem, be given
them day by day, that there be no complaint in any thing.
6:10. And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for
the life of the king, and of his children.
6:11. And I have made a decree: That if any whosoever, shall alter this
commandment, a beam be taken from his house, and set up, and he be
nailed upon it, and his house be confiscated.
6:12. And may the God, that hath caused his name to dwell there, destroy
all kingdoms, and the people that shall put out their hand to resist,
and to destroy the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. I Darius have
made the decree, which I will have diligently complied with.
6:13. So then Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river, and
Stharbuzanai, and his counsellors diligently executed what Darius the
king had commanded.
6:14. And the ancients of the Jews built, and prospered according to the
prophecy of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and
they built and finished, by the commandment of the God of Israel, and by
the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the
Persians.
6:15. And they were finishing this house of God, until the third day of
the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king
Darius.
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