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   <v n='1'><s n="116">Then</s> <s n="1868">Darius</s> the <s n="4430">king</s> <s n="7761">made</s> a <s n="2942">decree</s>, and search was <s n="1240">made</s> in the <s n="1005">house</s> of the <s n="5609">rolls</s>, <s n="1768 8536">where</s> the <s n="1596">treasures</s> were laid <s n="5182">up</s> in <s n="895">Babylon</s>. </v>
   <v n='2'>And there was <s n="7912">found</s> at <s n="307">Achmetha</s>, in the <s n="1001">palace</s> <s n="1768">that</s> is in the <s n="4083">province</s> of the <s n="4076">Medes</s>, <s n="2298">a</s> <s n="4040">roll</s>, and <s n="1459">therein</s> was a <s n="1799">record</s> <s n="3652">thus</s> <s n="3790">written</s>: </v>
   <v n='3'>In the <s n="2298">first</s> <s n="8140">year</s> of <s n="3567">Cyrus</s> the <s n="4430">king</s> the same <s n="3567">Cyrus</s> the <s n="4430">king</s> <s n="7761">made</s> a <s n="2942">decree</s> concerning the <s n="1005">house</s> of <s n="426">God</s> at <s n="3390">Jerusalem</s>, Let the <s n="1005">house</s> be <s n="1124">built</s>, the <s n="870">place</s> <s n="1768">where</s> they <s n="1684">offered</s> <s n="1685">sacrifices</s>, and let the <s n="787">foundations</s> thereof be strongly <s n="5446">laid</s>; the <s n="7314">height</s> thereof <s n="8361">threescore</s> <s n="521">cubits</s>, and the <s n="6613">breadth</s> thereof <s n="8361">threescore</s> <s n="521">cubits</s>; </v>
   <v n='4'> With <s n="8532">three</s> <s n="5073">rows</s> <s n="1768">of</s> <s n="1560">great</s> <s n="69">stones</s>, and a <s n="5073">row</s> <s n="1768">of</s> <s n="2323">new</s> <s n="636">timber</s>: and let the <s n="5313">expenses</s> be <s n="3052">given</s> out <s n="4481">of</s> the <s n="4430">king</s> 's <s n="1005">house</s>: </v>
   <v n='5'>And <s n="638">also</s> let the <s n="1722">golden</s> and <s n="3702">silver</s> <s n="3984">vessels</s> of the <s n="1005">house</s> of <s n="426">God</s>, <s n="1768">which</s> <s n="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> took <s n="5312">forth</s> out <s n="4481">of</s> the <s n="1965">temple</s> <s n="1768">which</s> is at <s n="3390">Jerusalem</s>, and <s n="2987">brought</s> unto <s n="895">Babylon</s>, be <s n="8421">restored</s>, and brought <s n="1946">again</s> unto the <s n="1965">temple</s> <s n="1768">which</s> is at <s n="3390">Jerusalem</s>, every one to his <s n="870">place</s>, and <s n="5182">place</s> them in the <s n="1005">house</s> of <s n="426">God</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'><s n="3705">Now</s> therefore, <s n="8674">Tatnai</s>, <s n="6347">governor</s> <s n="5675">beyond</s> the <s n="5103">river</s>, <s n="8370">Shethar</s> -boznai, and your <s n="3675">companions</s> the <s n="671">Apharsachites</s>, <s n="1768">which</s> are <s n="5675">beyond</s> the <s n="5103">river</s>, <s n="1934">be</s> ye <s n="7352">far</s> <s n="4481">from</s> <s n="8536">thence</s>: </v>
   <v n='7'>Let the <s n="5673">work</s> of <s n="1791">this</s> <s n="1005">house</s> of <s n="426">God</s> <s n="7662">alone</s>; let the <s n="6347">governor</s> of the <s n="3062">Jews</s> and the <s n="7868">elders</s> of the <s n="3062">Jews</s> <s n="1124">build</s> <s n="1791">this</s> <s n="1005">house</s> of <s n="426">God</s> <s n="5922">in</s> his <s n="870">place</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'>Moreover I <s n="7761">make</s> a <s n="2942">decree</s> <s n="3964 1768">what</s> ye shall <s n="5648">do</s> <s n="5974">to</s> the <s n="7868">elders</s> of <s n="479">these</s> <s n="3062">Jews</s> for the <s n="1124">building</s> of <s n="1791">this</s> <s n="1005">house</s> of <s n="426">God</s>: that of the king's <s n="4481 5232 4430">goods</s>, even <s n="1768">of</s> the <s n="4061">tribute</s> <s n="5675">beyond</s> the <s n="5103">river</s>, <s n="629">forthwith</s> <s n="5313">expenses</s> <s n="1934">be</s> <s n="3052">given</s> unto <s n="479">these</s> <s n="1400">men</s>, <s n="1768">that</s> they be <s n="3809">not</s> <s n="989">hindered</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'>And <s n="4100">that</s> which they have need <s n="2818">of</s>, both <s n="1123">young</s> <s n="8450">bullocks</s>, and <s n="1798">rams</s>, and <s n="563">lambs</s>, for the burnt <s n="5928">offerings</s> of the <s n="426">God</s> of <s n="8065">heaven</s>, <s n="2591">wheat</s>, <s n="4416">salt</s>, <s n="2562">wine</s>, and <s n="4887">oil</s>, according to the <s n="3983">appointment</s> of the <s n="3549">priests</s> <s n="1768">which</s> are at <s n="3390">Jerusalem</s>, let it <s n="1934">be</s> <s n="3052">given</s> them <s n="3118">day</s> by <s n="3118">day</s> <s n="1768 3809">without</s> <s n="7960">fail</s>: </v>
   <v n='10'><s n="1768">That</s> they <s n="1934">may</s> <s n="7127">offer</s> sacrifices of sweet <s n="5208">savors</s> unto the <s n="426">God</s> of <s n="8065">heaven</s>, and <s n="6739">pray</s> for the <s n="2417">life</s> of the <s n="4430">king</s>, and of his <s n="1123">sons</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'>Also I have <s n="7761">made</s> a <s n="2942">decree</s>, <s n="1768">that</s> <s n="3606 606 1768">whosoever</s> shall <s n="8133">alter</s> <s n="1836">this</s> <s n="6600">word</s>, let <s n="636">timber</s> be pulled <s n="5256">down</s> <s n="4481">from</s> his <s n="1005">house</s>, and being set <s n="2211">up</s>, let him be <s n="4223">hanged</s> <s n="5922">thereon</s>; and let his <s n="1005">house</s> be <s n="5648">made</s> a <s n="5122">dunghill</s> <s n="5922">for</s> <s n="1836">this</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'>And the <s n="426">God</s> <s n="1768">that</s> hath caused his <s n="8036">name</s> to <s n="7932">dwell</s> <s n="8536">there</s> <s n="4049">destroy</s> <s n="3606">all</s> <s n="4430">kings</s> and <s n="5972">people</s>, <s n="1768">that</s> shall <s n="7972">put</s> to their <s n="3028">hand</s> to <s n="8133">alter</s> and to <s n="2255">destroy</s> <s n="1791">this</s> <s n="1005">house</s> of <s n="426">God</s> <s n="1768">which</s> is at <s n="3390">Jerusalem</s>. <s n="576">I</s> <s n="1868">Darius</s> have <s n="7761">made</s> a <s n="2942">decree</s>; let it be <s n="5648">done</s> with <s n="629">speed</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'><s n="116">Then</s> <s n="8674">Tatnai</s>, <s n="6347">governor</s> on this <s n="5675">side</s> the <s n="5103">river</s>, <s n="8370">Shethar</s> -boznai, and their <s n="3675">companions</s>, according <s n="6903">to</s> that <s n="1768">which</s> <s n="1868">Darius</s> the <s n="4430">king</s> had <s n="7972">sent</s>, <s n="3660">so</s> they <s n="5648">did</s> <s n="629">speedily</s>. </v>
   <v n='14'>And the <s n="7868">elders</s> of the <s n="3062">Jews</s> <s n="1124">built</s>, and they <s n="6744">prospered</s> through the <s n="5017">prophesying</s> of <s n="2292">Haggai</s> the <s n="5029">prophet</s> and <s n="2148">Zechariah</s> the <s n="1247">son</s> of <s n="5714">Iddo</s>. And they <s n="1124">built</s>, and <s n="3635">finished</s> it, <s n="4481">according</s> to the <s n="2941">commandment</s> of the <s n="426">God</s> of <s n="3479">Israel</s>, and according <s n="4481">to</s> the <s n="2942">commandment</s> of <s n="3567">Cyrus</s>, and <s n="1868">Darius</s>, and <s n="783">Artaxerxes</s> <s n="4430">king</s> of <s n="6540">Persia</s>. </v>
   <v n='15'>And <s n="1836">this</s> <s n="1005">house</s> was <s n="3319">finished</s> <s n="5705">on</s> the <s n="8532">third</s> <s n="3118">day</s> of the <s n="3393">month</s> <s n="144">Adar</s>, <s n="1768">which</s> was in the <s n="8353">sixth</s> <s n="8140">year</s> of the <s n="4437">reign</s> of <s n="1868">Darius</s> the <s n="4430">king</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'>And the <s n="1123">children</s> of <s n="3479">Israel</s>, the <s n="3549">priests</s>, and the <s n="3879">Levites</s>, and the <s n="7606">rest</s> of the <s n="1123">children</s> of the <s n="1547">captivity</s>, <s n="5648">kept</s> the <s n="2597">dedication</s> of <s n="1836">this</s> <s n="1005">house</s> of <s n="426">God</s> with <s n="2305">joy</s>, </v>
   <v n='17'>And <s n="7127">offered</s> at the <s n="2597">dedication</s> of <s n="1836">this</s> <s n="1005">house</s> of <s n="426">God</s> a <s n="3969">hundred</s> <s n="8450">bullocks</s>, two <s n="3969">hundred</s> <s n="1798">rams</s>, <s n="703">four</s> <s n="3969">hundred</s> <s n="563">lambs</s>; and for a sin <s n="2409">offering</s> <s n="5922">for</s> <s n="3606">all</s> <s n="3479">Israel</s>, <s n="8648 6236">twelve</s> he <s n="6841 5796">goats</s>, according to the <s n="4510">number</s> of the <s n="7625">tribes</s> of <s n="3479">Israel</s>. </v>
   <v n='18'>And they <s n="6966">set</s> the <s n="3549">priests</s> in their <s n="6392">divisions</s>, and the <s n="3879">Levites</s> in their <s n="4255">courses</s>, <s n="5922">for</s> the <s n="5673">service</s> of <s n="426">God</s>, <s n="1768">which</s> is at <s n="3390">Jerusalem</s>; as it is <s n="3792">written</s> in the <s n="5609">book</s> of <s n="4873">Moses</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'>And the <s n="1121">children</s> of the <s n="1473">captivity</s> <s n="6213">kept</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="6453">passover</s> upon the <s n="702 6240">fourteenth</s> day of the <s n="7223">first</s> <s n="2320">month</s>. </v>
   <v n='20'><s n="3588">For</s> the <s n="3548">priests</s> and the <s n="3881">Levites</s> were <s n="2891">purified</s> <s n="259">together</s>, <s n="3605">all</s> of them were <s n="2889">pure</s>, and <s n="7819">killed</s> the <s n="6453">passover</s> for <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="1121">children</s> of the <s n="1473">captivity</s>, and for their <s n="251">brethren</s> the <s n="3548">priests</s>, and for themselves. </v>
   <v n='21'>And the <s n="1121">children</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>, which were come <s n="7725">again</s> out of <s n="4480 1473">captivity</s>, and <s n="3605">all</s> such as had separated <s n="914">themselves</s> <s n="413">unto</s> them from the <s n="4480 2932">filthiness</s> of the <s n="1471">heathen</s> of the <s n="776">land</s>, to <s n="1875">seek</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="430">God</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>, did <s n="398">eat</s>, </v>
   <v n='22'>And <s n="6213">kept</s> the <s n="2282">feast</s> of unleavened <s n="4682">bread</s> <s n="7651">seven</s> <s n="3117">days</s> with <s n="8057">joy</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> had made them <s n="8055">joyful</s>, and <s n="5437">turned</s> the <s n="3820">heart</s> of the <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="804">Assyria</s> <s n="5921">unto</s> them, to <s n="2388">strengthen</s> their <s n="3027">hands</s> in the <s n="4399">work</s> of the <s n="1004">house</s> of <s n="430">God</s>, the <s n="430">God</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
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