1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the
2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the
3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a
6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai,
8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these
9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams,
11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word,
12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all
13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and
14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through
15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,
16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the
17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred
18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in
19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the
20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of
21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of