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Then King Darius issued a decree, and a ^(C1)search was conducted in the ^(F1)archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

And in ^(F1)Ecbatana, in the fortress which is ^(C1)in the province of Media, a scroll was found; and the following was written in it: "Memorandum—

"^(C1)In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: 'Concerning the house of God in Jerusalem, let the ^(F1)temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt, and let ^(F2)its foundations be repaired, its height being ^(F3)sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits,

^(C1)with three layers of large stones and ^(F1)one layer of timber. And the cost is to be paid from the ^(F2)royal treasury.

'Also ^(C1)the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned and ^(F1)brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.'