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with commandment that he should carry away the same vessels and put them in the temple at Jerusalem, and that the temple of the Lord should be built in his place.
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Then the same Sheshbazzar, having come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this, being still in building, it has not yet fully ended.'
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Now therefore, if it seem good unto the king, let search be made among the records of King Cyrus;
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and if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of King Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof."
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Then commanded King Darius to seek among the records at Babylon; and so at Ecbatana the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a scroll wherein these things were recorded:
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