ASV_Strong : Ezra 5
1. Now the prophets[H5029], Haggai[H2292] the prophet[H5029], and Zechariah[H2148] the son[H1247] of Iddo[H5714], prophesied[H5013] unto[H5922] the Jews[H3062] that were in Judah[H3061] and Jerusalem[H3390]; in the name[H8036] of the God[H426] of Israel[H3479] prophesied they unto them[H5922].
2. Then[H116] rose up[H6966] Zerubbabel[H2217] the son[H1247] of Shealtiel[H7598], and Jeshua[H3443] the son[H1247] of Jozadak[H3136], and began[H8271] to build[H1124] the house[H1005] of God[H426] which is at Jerusalem[H3390]; and with them[H5974] were the prophets[H5029] of God[H426], helping them[H5583].
3. At the same time[H2166] came[H858] to them Tattenai[H6347], the governor beyond[H5675] the River[H5103], and Shethar-bozenai[H8370], and their companions[H3675], and said[H560] thus[H3652] unto them[H5922], Who[H4479] gave you a decree[H7761] to build[H1124] this[H1836] house[H1005], and to finish[H3635] this[H1836] wall[H846]?
4. Then[H116] we told[H560] them after this manner[H3660], what[H4479] the names[H8036] of the men[H1400] were[H581] that were making[H1124] this[H1836] building[H1147].
5. But the eye[H5870] of their God[H426] was[H1934] upon[H5922] the elders[H7868] of the Jews[H3062], and they did not[H3809] make[H989] them[H1994] cease[H989], till[H5705] the matter[H2941] should come[H1946] to Darius[H1868], and then[H116] answer[H8421] should be returned by letter[H5407] concerning[H5922] it[H1836].
6. The copy[H6573] of the letter[H104] that Tattenai[H6347], the governor beyond[H5675] the River[H5103], and Shethar-bozenai[H8370], and his companions[H3675] the Apharsachites[H671], who were beyond[H5675] the River[H5103], sent[H7972] unto[H5922] Darius[H1868] the king[H4430];
7. they sent[H7972] a letter[H6600] unto[H5922] him[H1459], wherein was written[H3790] thus[H1836]: Unto Darius[H1868] the king[H4430], all[H3606] peace[H8001].
8. Be it known[H1934] unto the king[H4430], that we went[H236] into the province[H4083] of Judah[H3061], to the house[H1005] of the great[H7229] God[H426], which is builded[H1124] with great[H1560] stones[H69], and timber[H636] is laid[H7761] in the walls[H3797]; and this[H1791] work[H5673] goeth[H5648] on with diligence[H629] and prospereth[H6744] in their hands[H3028].
9. Then[H116] asked[H7593] we those[H479] elders[H7868], and said[H560] unto them thus[H3660], Who[H4479] gave you a decree[H7761] to build[H1124] this[H1836] house[H1005], and to finish[H3635] this[H1836] wall[H846]?
10. We asked[H7593] them their names[H8036] also[H638], to certify[H3046] thee[H3790], that we might write the names[H8036] of the men[H1400] that were at the head of them[H7217].
11. And thus[H3660] they returned[H8421] us answer[H6600], saying[H560], We[H586] are[H1994] the servants[H5649] of the God[H426] of heaven[H8065] and earth[H772], and are building[H1124] the house[H1005] that was[H1934] builded[H1124] these[H1836] many[H7690] years[H8140] ago[H6928], which a great[H7229] king[H4430] of Israel[H3479] builded[H1124] and finished[H3635].
12. But[H3861] after[H4481] that our fathers[H2] had provoked[H7265] the God[H426] of heaven[H8065] unto wrath[H7265], he gave[H3052] them[H1994] into the hand[H3028] of Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] king[H4430] of Babylon[H895], the Chaldean[H3679], who destroyed[H5642] this[H1836] house[H1005], and carried[H1541] the people[H5972] away[H1541] into Babylon[H895].
13. But[H1297] in the first[H2298] year[H8140] of Cyrus[H3567] king[H4430] of Babylon[H895], Cyrus[H3567] the king[H4430] made[H7761] a decree[H2942] to build[H1124] this[H1836] house[H1005] of God[H426].
14. And the gold[H1722] and silver[H3702] vessels[H3984] also[H638] of the house[H1005] of God[H426], which Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] took[H5312] out of[H4481] the temple[H1965] that was in Jerusalem[H3390], and brought[H2987] into the temple[H1965] of Babylon[H895], those[H1994] did Cyrus[H3567] the king[H4430] take[H5312] out of[H4481] the temple[H1965] of[H4481] Babylon[H895], and they were delivered[H3052] unto one whose name[H8036] was Sheshbazzar[H8340], whom he had made[H7761] governor[H6347];
15. and he said[H560] unto him[H5376], Take these[H412] vessels[H3984], go[H236], put[H1994] them[H1994] in the temple[H1965] that is in Jerusalem[H3390], and let the house[H1005] of God[H426] be builded[H1124] in[H5922] its place[H870].
16. Then[H116] came[H858] the same[H1791] Sheshbazzar[H8340], and laid[H3052] the foundations[H787] of the house[H1005] of God[H426] which is in Jerusalem[H3390]: and since[H4481] that time[H116] even until[H5705] now[H3705] hath it been in building[H1124], and yet it is not[H3809] completed[H8000].
17. Now[H3705] therefore[H2006], if it seem good[H2869] to[H5922] the king[H4430], let there be search[H1240] made in the king[H4430]'s treasure[H1596] - house[H1005], which is there[H8536] at Babylon[H895], whether[H2006] it be[H383] so[H2942], that a decree was made[H7761] of[H4481] Cyrus[H3567] the king[H4430] to build[H1124] this[H1791] house[H1005] of God[H426] at Jerusalem[H3390]; and let the king[H4430] send[H7972] his pleasure[H7470] to us concerning[H5922] this matter[H1836].
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