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EZR-5:1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah
the son of Iddo,
prophesied unto the Jews that [were] in Judah and Jerusalem in
the name of the
God of Israel, [even] unto them.
EZR-5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Jeshua the son of
Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which [is] at
Jerusalem: and with
them [were] the prophets of God helping them.
EZR-5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this
side the
river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus
unto them, Who
hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
EZR-5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the
names of the
men that make this building?
EZR-5:5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the
Jews, that they
could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius:
and then they
returned answer by letter concerning this [matter].
EZR-5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this
side the river,
and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which
[were] on this
side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
EZR-5:7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus;
Unto Darius
the king, all peace.
EZR-5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the
province of Judea,
to the house of the great God, which is builded with great
stones, and timber
is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and
prospereth in their
hands.
EZR-5:9 Then asked we those elders, [and] said unto them thus,
Who commanded
you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
EZR-5:10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we
might write the
names of the men that [were] the chief of them.
EZR-5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the
servants of the
God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded
these many years
ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
EZR-5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of
heaven unto
wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, the
Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away
into Babylon.
EZR-5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon
[the same] king
Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
EZR-5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house
of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that [was] in Jerusalem,
and brought
them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take
out of the
temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto [one], whose
name [was]
Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
EZR-5:15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them
into the
temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be
builded in his
place.
EZR-5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the
foundation of the
house of God which [is] in Jerusalem: and since that time even
until now hath
it been in building, and [yet] it is not finished.
EZR-5:17 Now therefore, if [it seem] good to the king, let
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