Ezra:5:6-17
Seeker Overlay ON
*
The copy of the letter that Tatnai ,
governor on this side the river ,
and Shetharboznai Sh @
thar ,
and his companions the Apharsachites #
Apharc @
kay #,
which were on this side the river ,
sent sh @
unto Darius the king :
*
They sent sh @
a letter unto him ,
wherein was written k @
thus ;
Unto Darius the king ,
all peace .
*
Be it known y @
unto the king ,
that we went into the province of Judea ,
to the house of the great God ,
which is builded b @
with great stones ,
and timber is laid in the walls ,
and this work goeth fast on ,
and prospereth ts @
in their hands .
*
Then asked we those elders ,
and said unto them thus ,
Who commanded you to build b @
this house ,
and to make up k @
these walls ?
*
We asked their names also ,
to certify y @
thee ,
that we might write k @
the names of the men that were the chief of them .
*
And thus they returned us answer ,
saying ,
We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth ,
and build b @
the house that was builded b @
these many years ago ,
which a great king of Israel builded b @
and set up k @.
*
But after that our fathers had provoked #
the God of heaven unto wrath r @,
he gave y @
them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon ,
the Chaldean ,
who destroyed c @
this house ,
and carried #
the people away g @
into Babylon .
*
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build b @
this house of God .
*
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God ,
which Nebuchadnezzar took n @
out of the temple that was in Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
and brought y @
them into the temple of Babylon ,
those did Cyrus the king take n @
out of the temple of Babylon ,
and they were delivered y @
unto one ,
whose name was Sheshbazzar ,
whom he had made governor ;
*
And said unto him ,
Take n @
these vessels ma #
n #,
go ,
carry n @
them into the temple that is in Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
and let the house of God be builded b @
in his place .
*
Then came the same Sheshbazzar ,
and laid y @
the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#:
and since that time even until now hath it been in building b @,
and yet it is not finished sh @.
*
Now therefore ,
if it seem good to the king ,
let there be search b @
made in the kings treasure house ,
which is there at Babylon ,
whether it be so ,
that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build b @
this house of God at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
and let the king send sh @
his pleasure to us concerning this matter .