Ezra 6:1-3

Complete Jewish Bible

6 Daryavesh the king issued an order; and search was made in the archives building, where treasures were stored in Bavel; ²and there was found at Achm’ta, in the palace which is in the province of Media, a scroll on which was written the following:

“Memorandum:

³“In the first year of Koresh the king, Koresh the king issued this decree: ‘Concerning the house of God in Yerushalayim, let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offer sacrifices; and let its foundations be firmly laid. Its height is to be ninety feet and its breadth ninety feet,

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