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Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they away captiue vnto Babel. 13 But in the first yere
went vp in all the haste to Ierusalem vnto the of Cyrus King of Babel, King Cyrus made a decree
Iewes, and caused them to cease by force and to buylde this house of God. 14 And the vessels
power. 24 Then ceased the worke of the house of of golde and siluer of the house of God, which
God, which was in Ierusalem, and did stay vnto Nebuchadnezzar tooke out of the Temple, that
the second yeere of Darius King of Persia. was in Ierusalem, and brought them into the
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out of the Temple of Babel, and they gaue them
1 Then Haggai a Prophet and Zechariah the vnto one Sheshbazzar by his name, whome he
sonne of Iddo a Prophet prophecied vnto the had made captaine. 15 And he sayde vnto him,
Iewes that were in Iudah, and Ierusalem, in the Take these vessels and goe thy way, and put them
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name of the God of Israel, euen vnto them. Then in the Temple that is in Ierusalem, and let the
Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Ieshua house of God be buylt in his place. 16 Then came
the sonne of Iozadak arose, and began to builde
the house of God at Ierusalem, and with them the same Sheshbazzar and layde the foundation
were the Prophetes of God, which helped them. of the house of God, which is in Ierusalem, and
3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, which since that time euen vntill nowe, hath it bene in
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buylding, yet is it not finished.
Nowe therefore
was captaine beyonde the Riuer, and Shether-
boznai and their companions, and sayd thus vnto if it please the King, let there be searche made in
them, Who hath giuen you commandement to the house of the Kings treasures, which is there in
buylde this house, and to lay the foundations of Babel, whether a decree hath bene made by King
these walles? 4 Then sayde we vnto them after Cyrus, to build this house of God in Ierusalem,
this maner, What are the names of the men that and let the King send his minde concerning this.
buylde this buylding? But the eye of their God 6
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was vpon the Elders of the Iewes, that they coulde 1
not cause them to cease, till the matter came Then King Darius gaue commandement, and
to Darius: and then they answered by letters they made search in the librarie of the treasures,
thereunto. 6 The copie of the letter, that Tatnai which were there layd vp in Babel. 2 And there
captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shether-boznai was founde in a coffer (in the palace that was in
and his companions, Apharsechaie, (which were the prouince of the Medes) a volume, and therein
beyond the Riuer) sent vnto King Darius. They was it thus written, as a memoriall, 3 IN THE
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sent a letter vnto him, wherein it was written FIRST yeere of King Cyrus, King Cyrus made a
thus, VNTO DARIVS the king, all peace. 8 Be it decree for the house of God in Ierusalem, Let the
knowen vnto the King, that we went into the house be buylt, euen the place where they offred
prouince of Iudea, to the house of the great sacrifices, and let the walles thereof be ioyned
God, which is builded with great stones, and together: let the height thereof be three score
beames are layde in the walles, and this worke is cubites, and the breadth thereof three score
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cubites, Three orders of great stones, and one
wrought speedily, and prospereth in their hands. order of timber, and let the expenses be giuen
9 Then asked we those Elders, and sayd vnto of the Kings house. 5 And also let them render
them thus, Who hath giuen you commandement the vessels of the house of God (of golde and
to buylde this house, and to lay the foundation siluer, which Nebuchadnezzar tooke out of the
of these walles? 10 We asked their names also, Temple, which was in Ierusalem, and brought
that we might certifie thee, and that we might vnto Babel) and let him goe vnto the Temple
write the names of the men that were their
rulers. 11 But they answered vs thus, and sayd, that is in Ierusalem to his place, and put them
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We are the seruants of the God of heauen and in the house of God. Therefore Tatnai captaine
earth, and buylde the house that was buylt of beyond the Riuer, and Shethar Boznai, (and their
olde and many yeeres ago, which a great King companions Apharsecaie, which are beyonde the
of Israel builded, and founded it. 12 But after Riuer) be ye farre from thence. 7 Suffer ye the
that our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen worke of this house of God, that the captaine of
vnto wrath, he gaue them ouer into the hand of the Iewes and the Elders of the Iewes may buylde
Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel the Caldean, and this house of God in his place. For I haue giuen a
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he destroyed this house, and caryed the people commandementwhatyeshalldoetotheEldersof