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But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon
the same King Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
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And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple that
was in Jerusalem and had brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus, the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto Sheshbazzar, whom he had made captain;
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and said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that
is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in his place.
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Then the same Sheshbazzar came
and laid the foundation of the house of God which
was in Jerusalem, and since that time until now it is being built, and it is not yet finished.
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Now, therefore, if
it seems good to the king, let there be a search made in the king’s treasure house, which
is there in Babylon, whether it is so, that a decree was made by Cyrus, the king, to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and let the king send unto us his will concerning this matter.