<vn='1'>Then the <sn="5029">prophets</s>, <sn="2292">Haggai</s> the <sn="5029">prophet</s>, and <sn="2148">Zechariah</s> the <sn="1247">son</s> of <sn="5714">Iddo</s>, <sn="5013">prophesied</s><sn="5922">unto</s> the <sn="3062">Jews</s><sn="1768">that</s> were in <sn="3061">Judah</s> and <sn="3390">Jerusalem</s> in the <sn="8036">name</s> of the <sn="426">God</s> of <sn="3479">Israel</s>, even <sn="5922">unto</s> them. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="116">Then</s> rose <sn="6966">up</s><sn="2217">Zerubbabel</s> the <sn="1247">son</s> of <sn="7598">Shealtiel</s>, and <sn="3443">Jeshua</s> the <sn="1247">son</s> of <sn="3136">Jozadak</s>, and <sn="8271">began</s> to <sn="1124">build</s> the <sn="1005">house</s> of <sn="426">God</s><sn="1768">which</s> is at <sn="3390">Jerusalem</s>: and <sn="5974">with</s> them were the <sn="5029">prophets</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="426">God</s><sn="5583">helping</s> them. </v>
<vn='3'>At the same <sn="2166">time</s><sn="858">came</s><sn="5922">to</s> them <sn="8674">Tatnai</s>, <sn="6347">governor</s> on this <sn="5675">side</s> the <sn="5103">river</s>, and <sn="8370">Shethar</s> -boznai, and their <sn="3675">companions</s>, and <sn="560">said</s><sn="3652">thus</s> unto them, <sn="4479">Who</s> hath <sn="7761 2942">commanded</s> you to <sn="1124">build</s><sn="1836">this</s><sn="1005">house</s>, and to make <sn="3635">up</s><sn="1836">this</s><sn="846">wall</s>? </v>
<vn='4'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="560">said</s> we unto them after this <sn="3660">manner</s>, <sn="4479">What</s> are the <sn="8036">names</s> of the <sn="1400">men</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="1124">make</s><sn="1836">this</s><sn="1147">building</s>? </v>
<vn='5'>But the <sn="5870">eye</s> of their <sn="426">God</s><sn="1934">was</s><sn="5922">upon</s> the <sn="7868">elders</s> of the <sn="3062">Jews</s>, that they could <sn="3809">not</s> cause <sn="1994">them</s> to <sn="989">cease</s>, <sn="5705">till</s> the <sn="2941">matter</s><sn="1946">came</s> to <sn="1868">Darius</s>: and <sn="116">then</s> they returned <sn="8421">answer</s> by <sn="5407">letter</s><sn="5922">concerning</s><sn="1836">this</s> matter. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="6573">copy</s> of the <sn="104">letter</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="8674">Tatnai</s>, <sn="6347">governor</s> on this <sn="5675">side</s> the <sn="5103">river</s>, and <sn="8370">Shethar</s> -boznai, and his <sn="3675">companions</s> the <sn="671">Apharsachites</s>, <sn="1768">which</s> were on this <sn="5675">side</s> the <sn="5103">river</s>, <sn="7972">sent</s><sn="5922">unto</s><sn="1868">Darius</s> the <sn="4430">king</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>They <sn="7972">sent</s> a <sn="6600">letter</s><sn="5922">unto</s> him, <sn="1459">wherein</s> was <sn="3790">written</s><sn="1836">thus</s>; Unto <sn="1868">Darius</s> the <sn="4430">king</s>, <sn="3606">all</s><sn="8001">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1934">Be</s> it <sn="3046">known</s> unto the <sn="4430">king</s>, <sn="1768">that</s> we <sn="236">went</s> into the <sn="4083">province</s> of <sn="3061">Judea</s>, to the <sn="1005">house</s> of the <sn="7229">great</s><sn="426">God</s>, <sn="1932">which</s> is <sn="1124">built</s> with <sn="1560">great</s><sn="69">stones</s>, and <sn="636">timber</s> is <sn="7761">laid</s> in the <sn="3797">walls</s>, and <sn="1791">this</s><sn="5673">work</s><sn="5648">goeth</s> fast <sn="629">on</s>, and <sn="6744">prospereth</s> in their <sn="3028">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="7593">asked</s> we <sn="479">those</s><sn="7868">elders</s>, and <sn="560">said</s> unto them <sn="3660">thus</s>, <sn="4479">Who</s><sn="7761 2942">commanded</s> you to <sn="1124">build</s><sn="1836">this</s><sn="1005">house</s>, and to make <sn="3635">up</s><sn="1836">these</s><sn="846">walls</s>? </v>
<vn='10'>We <sn="7593">asked</s> their <sn="8036">names</s><sn="638">also</s>, to <sn="3046">certify</s> thee, <sn="1768">that</s> we might <sn="3790">write</s> the <sn="8036">names</s> of the <sn="1400">men</s><sn="1768">that</s> were the <sn="7217">chief</s> of them. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="3660">thus</s> they <sn="8421">returned</s> us <sn="6600">answer</s>, <sn="560">saying</s>, <sn="586">We</s> are the <sn="5649">servants</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="426">God</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s> and <sn="772">earth</s>, and <sn="1124">build</s> the <sn="1005">house</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="1934">was</s><sn="1124">built</s><sn="1836">these</s><sn="7690">many</s><sn="8140">years</s><sn="4481 6928">ago</s>, which a <sn="7229">great</s><sn="4430">king</s> of <sn="3479">Israel</s><sn="1124">built</s> and set <sn="3635">up</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3861">But</s><sn="4481">after</s><sn="1768">that</s> our <sn="2">fathers</s> had provoked the God of heaven unto <sn="7265 426 8065">wrath</s>, he <sn="3052">gave</s><sn="1994">them</s> into the <sn="3028">hand</s> of <sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> of <sn="895">Babylon</s>, the <sn="3679">Chaldean</s>, who <sn="5642">destroyed</s><sn="1836">this</s><sn="1005">house</s>, and carried the people <sn="1541 5972">away</s> into <sn="895">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1297">But</s> in the <sn="2298">first</s><sn="8140">year</s> of <sn="3567">Cyrus</s> the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="895">Babylon</s> the same <sn="4430">king</s><sn="3567">Cyrus</s><sn="7761">made</s> a <sn="2942">decree</s> to <sn="1124">build</s><sn="1836">this</s><sn="1005">house</s> of <sn="426">God</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="3984">vessels</s><sn="638">also</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="1722">gold</s> and <sn="3702">silver</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="1005">house</s> of <sn="426">God</s>, <sn="1768">which</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="5312">took</s> out <sn="4481">of</s> the <sn="1965">temple</s><sn="1768">that</s> was in <sn="3390">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="2987">brought</s><sn="1994">them</s> into the <sn="1965">temple</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="895">Babylon</s>, <sn="1994">those</s> did <sn="3567">Cyrus</s> the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="5312">take</s> out <sn="4481">of</s> the <sn="1965">temple</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="895">Babylon</s>, and they were <sn="3052">delivered</s> unto one, whose <sn="8036">name</s> was <sn="8340">Sheshbazzar</s>, <sn="1768">whom</s> he had <sn="7761">made</s><sn="6347">governor</s>; </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="560">said</s> unto him, <sn="5376">Take</s><sn="459">these</s><sn="3984">vessels</s>, <sn="236">go</s>, <sn="5182">carry</s><sn="1994">them</s> into the <sn="1965">temple</s><sn="1768">that</s> is in <sn="3390">Jerusalem</s>, and let the <sn="1005">house</s> of <sn="426">God</s> be <sn="1124">built</s><sn="5922">in</s> his <sn="870">place</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="858">came</s> the <sn="1791">same</s><sn="8340">Sheshbazzar</s>, and <sn="3052">laid</s> the <sn="787">foundation</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="1005">house</s> of <sn="426">God</s><sn="1768">which</s> is in <sn="3390">Jerusalem</s>: and <sn="4481">since</s> that <sn="116">time</s> even <sn="5705">until</s><sn="3705">now</s> hath it been in <sn="1124">building</s>, and yet it is <sn="3809">not</s><sn="8000">finished</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3705">Now</s> therefore, <sn="2006">if</s> it seem <sn="2869">good</s><sn="5922">to</s> the <sn="4430">king</s>, let there be search <sn="1240">made</s> in the <sn="4430">king</s> 's <sn="1596">treasure</s><sn="1005">house</s>, <sn="1768">which</s> is <sn="8536">there</s> at <sn="895">Babylon</s>, <sn="2006">whether</s> it <sn="383">be</s> so, <sn="1768">that</s> a <sn="2942">decree</s> was <sn="7761">made</s><sn="4481">of</s><sn="3567">Cyrus</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> to <sn="1124">build</s><sn="1791">this</s><sn="1005">house</s> of <sn="426">God</s> at <sn="3390">Jerusalem</s>, and let the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="7972">send</s> his <sn="7470">pleasure</s><sn="5922">to</s> us <sn="5922">concerning</s> this <sn="1836">matter</s>. </v>