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1 Thus King Darius (lord) ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon (confusion by mixing). 2 And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana (Ecbatana), in the province of Media (middle land), with the following written on it: Memorandum: 3 In the first year of King Cyrus (possess the furnace), he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem (city of peace): Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide <90 ft / 27.4 m>, 4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury. 5 Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar (may Nebo protect the crown) took from the temple in Jerusalem (city of peace) and carried to Babylon (confusion by mixing), must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God. 6 Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai (gift) governor of the region west of the Euphrates (governor beyond the River), Shethar-bozenai (star of splendor), and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place! 7 Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site. Ezra 6:1-7, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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