usalem to
their place, which also were placed in the temple of God.

6:6. Now therefore Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river,
Stharbuzanai, and your counsellors the Apharsachites, who are beyond the
river, depart far from them,

6:7. And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews,
and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its
place.

6:8. I also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the
Jews, that the house of God may be built, to wit, that of the king's
chest, that is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country beyond
the river, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest the work
be hindered.

6:9. And if it shall be necessary, let calves also, and lambs, and kids,
for holocausts to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil,
according to the custom of the priests that are in Jerusalem, be given
them day by day, that there be no complaint in any thing.

6:10. And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for
the life of the king, and of his children.

6:11. And I have made a decree: That if any whosoever, shall alter this
commandment, a beam be taken from his house, and set up, and he be
nailed upon it, and his house be confiscated.

6:12. And may the God, that hath caused his name to dwell there, destroy
all kingdoms, and the people that shall put out their hand to resist,
and to destroy the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. I Darius have
made the decree, which I will have diligently complied with.

6:13. So then Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river, and
Stharbuzanai, and his counsellors diligently executed what Darius the
king had commanded.

6:14. And the ancients of the Jews built, and prospered according to the
prophecy of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and
they built and finished, by the commandment of the God of Israel, and by
the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the
Persians.

6:15. And they were finishing this house of God, until the third day of
the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king
Darius.

6:16. And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the
rest of the children of the captivity kept the dedication of the house
of God with joy.

6:17. And they offered at the dedication of the house of God, a hundred
calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin offering for
all Israel