2 Esdras 3:23

23 So the times passed and the years were completed, and you raised up for yourself a servant, named David.

2 Esdras 3:23 In-Context

21 For the first Adam, burdened with an evil heart, transgressed and was overcome, as were also all who were descended from him.

22 Thus the disease became permanent; the law was in the hearts of the people along with the evil root; but what was good departed, and the evil remained.

23 So the times passed and the years were completed, and you raised up for yourself a servant, named David.

24 You commanded him to build a city for your name, and there to offer you oblations from what is yours.

25 This was done for many years; but the inhabitants of the city transgressed,