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1 # Then <0116> Darius <01868> the king <04430> made <07761> (8754) a decree <02942>, and search <01240> (8745) was made in the house <01005> of the rolls <05609>, where <08536> the treasures <01596> were laid up <05182> (8683) in Babylon <0895>.
2 And there was found <07912> (8728) at Achmetha <0307>, in the palace <01001> that is in the province <04083> of the Medes <04076>, a <02298> roll <04040>, and therein <01459> was a record <01799> thus <03652> written <03790> (8752):
3 In the first <02298> year <08140> of Cyrus <03567> the king <04430> the same Cyrus <03567> the king <04430> made <07761> (8754) a decree <02942> concerning the house <01005> of God <0426> at Jerusalem <03390> , Let the house <01005> be builded <01124> (8731), the place <0870> where they offered <01684> (8751) sacrifices <01685> , and let the foundations <0787> thereof be strongly laid <05446> (8775); the height <07314> thereof threescore <08361> cubits <0521>, and the breadth <06613> thereof threescore <08361> cubits <0521>;
4 With three <08532> rows <05073> of great <01560> stones <069>, and a row <05073> of new <02323> timber <0636>: and let the expenses <05313> be given <03052> (8725) out of <04481> the king's <04430> house <01005> :
5 And also <0638> let the golden <01722> and silver <03702> vessels <03984> of the house <01005> of God <0426> , which Nebuchadnezzar <05020> took forth <05312> (8684) out of <04481> the temple <01965> which is at Jerusalem <03390>, and brought <02987> (8684) unto Babylon <0895>, be restored <08421> (8681), and brought again <01946> (8748) unto the temple <01965> which is at Jerusalem <03390>, every one to his place <0870>, and place <05182> (8681) them in the house <01005> of God <0426>.
6 Now <03705> therefore, Tatnai <08674>, governor <06347> beyond <05675> the river <05103>, Shetharboznai <08370>, and your companions <03675> the Apharsachites <0671>, which are beyond <05675> the river <05103>, be ye <01934> (8754) far <07352> from <04481> thence <08536>:
7 Let the work <05673> of this <01791> house <01005> of God <0426> alone <07662> (8747); let the governor <06347> of the Jews <03062> and the elders <07868> (8750) of the Jews <03062> build <01124> (8748) this <01791> house <01005> of God <0426> in <05922> his place <0870>.
8 Moreover I <04481> make <07761> (8752) a decree <02942> what <03964> ye shall do <05648> (8748) to <05974> the elders <07868> (8750) of these <0479> Jews <03062> for the building <01124> (8749) of this <01791> house <01005> of God <0426>: that of the king's <04430> goods <05232>, even of <01768> the tribute <04061> beyond <05675> the river <05103>, forthwith <0629> expenses <05313> be <01934> (8748) given <03052> (8727) unto these <0479> men <01400>, that they be not <03809> hindered <0989> (8749).
9 And that which <04101> they have need of <02818> (8750), both young <01123> bullocks <08450>, and rams <01798>, and lambs <0563>, for the burnt offerings <05928> of the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, wheat <02591>, salt <04416> , wine <02562>, and oil <04887>, according to the appointment <03983> of the priests <03549> which are at Jerusalem <03390>, let it be <01934> (8748) given <03052> (8727) them day <03118> by day <03118> without <03809> fail <07960> :
10 That they may offer <01934> (8748) <07127> (8683) sacrifices of sweet savours <05208> unto the God <0426> of heaven <08065>, and pray <06739> (8743) for the life <02417> of the king <04430>, and of his sons <01123>.
11 Also <04481> I have made <07761> (8752) a decree <02942>, that whosoever <03606> <0606> shall alter <08133> (8681) this <01836> word <06600>, let timber <0636> be pulled down <05256> (8725) from <04481> his house <01005>, and being set up <02211> (8752), let him be hanged <04223> (8725) thereon <05922>; and let his house <01005> be made <05648> (8725) a dunghill <05122> for <05922> this <01836>.
12 And the God <0426> that hath caused his name <08036> to dwell <07932> (8745) there <08536> destroy <04049> (8741) all <03606> kings <04430> and people <05972>, that shall put <07972> (8748) to their hand <03028> to alter <08133> (8682) and to destroy <02255> (8742) this <01791> house <01005> of God <0426> which is at Jerusalem <03390>. I <0576> Darius <01868> have made <07761> (8754) a decree <02942>; let it be done <05648> (8725) with speed <0629>.
13 # Then <0116> Tatnai <08674>, governor <06347> on this side <05675> the river <05103>, Shetharboznai <08370> , and their companions <03675>, according <06903> to that which Darius <01868> the king <04430> had sent <07972> (8754) , so <03660> they did <05648> (8754) speedily <0629>.
14 And the elders <07868> (8750) of the Jews <03062> builded <01124> (8750), and they prospered <06744> (8683) through the prophesying <05017> of Haggai <02292> the prophet <05029> and Zechariah <02148> the son <01247> of Iddo <05714>. And they builded <01124> (8754), and finished <03635> (8806) it, according <04481> to the commandment <02941> of the God <0426> of Israel <03479>, and according to the commandment <02942> of Cyrus <03567>, and Darius <01868>, and Artaxerxes <0783> king <04430> of Persia <06540>.
15 And this <01836> house <01005> was finished <03319> (8806) on <05705> the third <08532> day <03118> of the month <03393> Adar <0144>, which was <01932> in the sixth <08353> year <08140> of the reign <04437> of Darius <01868> the king <04430>.
16 And the children <01123> of Israel <03479>, the priests <03549>, and the Levites <03879>, and the rest <07606> of the children <01123> of the captivity <01547>, kept <05648> (8754) the dedication <02597> of this <01836> house <01005> of God <0426> with joy <02305>,
17 And offered <07127> (8684) at the dedication <02597> of this <01836> house <01005> of God <0426> an hundred <03969> bullocks <08450>, two hundred <03969> rams <01798>, four <0703> hundred <03969> lambs <0563>; and for a sin offering <02402> (8675) <02409> for <05922> all <03606> Israel <03479>, twelve <08648> <06236> he <06841> goats <05796>, according to the number <04510> of the tribes <07625> of Israel <03479>.
18 And they set <06966> (8684) the priests <03549> in their divisions <06392>, and the Levites <03879> in their courses <04255>, for <05922> the service <05673> of God <0426>, which is at Jerusalem <03390>; as it is written <03792> in the book <05609> of Moses <04873>.
19 And the children <01121> of the captivity <01473> kept <06213> (8799) the passover <06453> upon the fourteenth <0702> <06240> day of the first <07223> month <02320>.
20 For the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> were purified <02891> (8694) together <0259>, all of them were pure <02889>, and killed <07819> (8799) the passover <06453> for all the children <01121> of the captivity <01473>, and for their brethren <0251> the priests <03548>, and for themselves.
21 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, which were come again <07725> (8802) out of captivity <01473>, and all such as had separated <0914> (8737) themselves unto them from the filthiness <02932> of the heathen <01471> of the land <0776>, to seek <01875> (8800) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, did eat <0398> (8799),
22 And kept <06213> (8799) the feast <02282> of unleavened bread <04682> seven <07651> days <03117> with joy <08057>: for the LORD <03068> had made them joyful <08055> (8765), and turned <05437> (8689) the heart <03820> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> unto them, to strengthen <02388> (8763) their hands <03027> in the work <04399> of the house <01004> of God <0430>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>.