1Thus King Darius ordered a search of the…
2And a scroll was found in the fortress…
3In the first year of King Cyrus, he…
4with three layers of cut stones and one…
5Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the…
6Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the…
7Leave this work on the house of God…
8I hereby decree what you must do for…
9Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for…
10Then they will be able to offer sacrifices…
11I also decree that if any man interferes…
12May God, who has caused His Name to…
13In response, Tattenai the governor of the region…
14So the Jewish elders built and prospered through…
15And this temple was completed on the third…
16Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites,…
17For the dedication of the house of God…
18They also appointed the priests by their divisions…
19On the fourteenth day of the first month,…
20All the priests and Levites had purified themselves…
21The Israelites who had returned from exile ate…
22For seven days they kept the Feast of…
