Ezra 6:1-7 ▼

1 THEN Darius the king issued a decree, and search was made in the scrolls that were in the house of treasure there in Babylon.

2 And there was found in the city of Akhmathan, which is in the province of Media, a scroll, and in the scroll was written:

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree, and commanded that the house of God which is in Jerusalem shall be rebuilt in the place where they offered sacrifices, and let its foundations be laid; its height shall be sixty cubits and its breadth twenty cubits,

4 With three rows of great stones and doors of new timber: and let the expenses be paid out of the king's house;

5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is in Jerusalem, every one to its place, and you shall store them in the house of God.

6 Now therefore, let Tatnai, governor beyond the River, and Ashtanbozan and their companions the governors who are beyond the River keep away from there;

7 Let the work of the house of God alone: let the Jews and the Jewish exiles build the house of God in its place.