Ezra 6:1–5

*Then Darius the king made a decree, aand search was made in the house of the †rolls, where the treasures were †laid up in Babylon. 2 And there was found at b||Achmetha, in cthe palace that is in the province of the dMedes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 4 eWith three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king’s house: 5 And also let fthe golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and †brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.