1 Esdras 6:14

14 This Temple was built and equipped many years ago by a very powerful king of Israel.

1 Esdras 6:14 In-Context

12 We also asked them who their leaders were and demanded a list of their names, so that we could inform you.

13 "They answered, "We are servants of the Lord who created heaven and earth.

14 This Temple was built and equipped many years ago by a very powerful king of Israel.

15 But because our ancestors sinned against Israel's Lord in heaven and made him angry, he let them be conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, a king of the Chaldean dynasty.

16 The Temple was demolished and burned, and the people were taken into exile in Babylonia.