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Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
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And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record.
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In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree; Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
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with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
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And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place, and thou shalt put them in the house of God.
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Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
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let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
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Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.
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And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
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that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
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Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:
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and the God that hath caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.
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Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the river; Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence.
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And the elders of the Jews builded and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
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And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
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And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
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And they offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
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And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
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For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
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And the children of Israel, which were come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, did eat,
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and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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Now [1] in the second year of the reign of Darius, [2] Aggæus and Zacharias the son of [3] Addo, the prophets, prophesied unto the Jews in Jewry and Jerusalem; in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, prophesied they unto them.
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Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedek, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping them.
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[4] At the same time came unto them [5] Sisinnes the governor of [6] Syria and Phœnicia, with [7] Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and said unto them,
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By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? and who are the builders that perform these things?
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Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because the Lord had [8] visited the captivity;
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And they were not hindered from building, until such time as communication was made unto Darius concerning them, and his answer signified.
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The copy of the letter which Sisinnes, governor of [9] Syria and Phœnicia, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, the rulers in [10] Syria and Phœnicia, wrote and sent unto Darius;
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To king Darius, [11] greeting: Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being come into the country of Judæa, and entered into the city of Jerusalem, we found in the city of Jerusalem the elders of the Jews that were of the captivity
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Building a house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and costly stones, with timber laid in the walls.
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And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it accomplished.
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Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?
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Therefore, to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing who were the chief doers, we questioned them, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.
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And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.
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But when our fathers sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, and [12] provoked him unto wrath, he gave them over into the hands of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, king of the Chaldeans;
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[13] And they pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people captives unto Babylon.
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[14] But in the first year that Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon, king Cyrus wrote to build up this house.
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[15] And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set up in his own temple, [16] those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple in Babylonia, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to [17] [18] Sanabassarus the governor,
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With commandment that he should carry away [19] all these vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem; and that the temple of the Lord should be built in its place.
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Then [20] Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still a building, it is not yet fully ended.
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Now therefore, if it seem good, O king, let search be made among the royal archives of our lord the king that are in Babylon:
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And if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and it seem good unto our lord the king, let him signify unto us thereof.
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[21] Then commanded king Darius to seek among the archives that were laid up at Babylon: and so at [22] Ecbatana the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a [23] roll wherein these things were recorded.
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In the first year of the reign of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded to build up the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, where they do sacrifice with [24] continual fire:
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Whose height shall be sixty cubits, and the breadth sixty cubits, with three rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood of that country; and the expenses thereof to be given out of the house of king Cyrus:
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And that [25] the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and carried away to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.
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And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of [26] Syria and Phœnicia, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in Syria and Phœnicia, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer Zorobabel, the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judæa, and the elders of the Jews, to build that house of the Lord in its place.
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And I also do command to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of Judæa, till the house of the Lord be finished:
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And that out of the tribute of [27] Cœlesyria and Phœnicia a portion be carefully given these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;
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And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests that be in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent:
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That drink offerings may be made to the [28] Most High God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.
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And that commandment be given that whosoever shall transgress, yea, or neglect anything [29] herein written, out of his own house shall a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.
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The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation, that shall stretch out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.