6:1 Then
Darius
the
king
made
a
decree,
and
search
was
made
in
Babylonia,
in
the
house
of
the
archives
where
the
documents
were
stored.
6:2 And
in
Ecbatana,
the
capital
that
is
in
the
province
of
Media,
a
scroll
was
found
on
which
this
was
written:
"A
record.
6:3 In
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
the
king,
Cyrus
the
king
issued
a
decree:
Concerning
the
house
of
God
at
Jerusalem,
let
the
house
be
rebuilt,
the
place
where
sacrifices
were
offered,
and
let
its
foundations
be
retained.
Its
height
shall
be
sixty
cubits
and
its
breadth
sixty
cubits,
6:4 with
three
layers
of
great
stones
and
one
layer
of
timber.
Let
the
cost
be
paid
from
the
royal
treasury.
6:5 And
also
let
the
gold
and
silver
vessels
of
the
house
of
God,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
took
out
of
the
temple
that
is
in
Jerusalem
and
brought
to
Babylon,
be
restored
and
brought
back
to
the
temple
that
is
in
Jerusalem,
each
to
its
place.
You
shall
put
them
in
the
house
of
God."
6:6 "Now
therefore,
Tattenai,
governor
of
the
province
Beyond
the
River,
Shethar-bozenai,
and
your
associates
the
governors
who
are
in
the
province
Beyond
the
River,
keep
away.
6:7 Let
the
work
on
this
house
of
God
alone.
Let
the
governor
of
the
Jews
and
the
elders
of
the
Jews
rebuild
this
house
of
God
on
its
site.
6:8 Moreover,
I
make
a
decree
regarding
what
you
shall
do
for
these
elders
of
the
Jews
for
the
rebuilding
of
this
house
of
God.
The
cost
is
to
be
paid
to
these
men
in
full
and
without
delay
from
the
royal
revenue,
the
tribute
of
the
province
from
Beyond
the
River.
6:9 And
whatever
is
needed--bulls,
rams,
or
sheep
for
burnt
offerings
to
the
God
of
heaven,
wheat,
salt,
wine,
or
oil,
as
the
priests
at
Jerusalem
require--let
that
be
given
to
them
day
by
day
without
fail,
6:10 that
they
may
offer
pleasing
sacrifices
to
the
God
of
heaven
and
pray
for
the
life
of
the
king
and
his
sons.
6:11 Also
I
make
a
decree
that
if
anyone
alters
this
edict,
a
beam
shall
be
pulled
out
of
his
house,
and
he
shall
be
impaled
on
it,
and
his
house
shall
be
made
a
dunghill.
6:12 May
the
God
who
has
caused
his
name
to
dwell
there
overthrow
any
king
or
people
who
shall
put
out
a
hand
to
alter
this,
or
to
destroy
this
house
of
God
that
is
in
Jerusalem.
I
Darius
make
a
decree;
let
it
be
done
with
all
diligence."
6:13 Then,
according
to
the
word
sent
by
Darius
the
king,
Tattenai,
the
governor
of
the
province
Beyond
the
River,
Shethar-bozenai,
and
their
associates
did
with
all
diligence
what
Darius
the
king
had
ordered.
6:14 And
the
elders
of
the
Jews
built
and
prospered
through
the
prophesying
of
Haggai
the
prophet
and
Zechariah
the
son
of
Iddo.
They
finished
their
building
by
decree
of
the
God
of
Israel
and
by
decree
of
Cyrus
and
Darius
and
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia;
6:15 and
this
house
was
finished
on
the
third
day
of
the
month
of
Adar,
in
the
sixth
year
of
the
reign
of
Darius
the
king.
6:16 And
the
people
of
Israel,
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
the
rest
of
the
returned
exiles,
celebrated
the
dedication
of
this
house
of
God
with
joy.
6:17 They
offered
at
the
dedication
of
this
house
of
God
100
bulls,
200
rams,
400
lambs,
and
as
a
sin
offering
for
all
Israel
12
male
goats,
according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
6:18 And
they
set
the
priests
in
their
divisions
and
the
Levites
in
their
divisions,
for
the
service
of
God
at
Jerusalem,
as
it
is
written
in
the
Book
of
Moses.
6:19 On
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
first
month,
the
returned
exiles
kept
the
Passover.
6:20 For
the
priests
and
the
Levites
had
purified
themselves
together;
all
of
them
were
clean.
So
they
slaughtered
the
Passover
lamb
for
all
the
returned
exiles,
for
their
fellow
priests,
and
for
themselves.
6:21 It
was
eaten
by
the
people
of
Israel
who
had
returned
from
exile,
and
also
by
every
one
who
had
joined
them
and
separated
himself
from
the
uncleanness
of
the
peoples
of
the
land
to
worship
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel.
6:22 And
they
kept
the
Feast
of
Unleavened
Bread
seven
days
with
joy,
for
the
LORD
had
made
them
joyful
and
had
turned
the
heart
of
the
king
of
Assyria
to
them,
so
that
he
aided
them
in
the
work
of
the
house
of
God,
the
God
of
Israel.