Leave the construction of the house of God alone. Let the governor(A) and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

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Good and Bad Governors

14 Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes(A) appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah—from the twentieth year until his thirty-second year, 12 years(B)—I and my associates never ate from the food allotted to the governor.

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Command to Rebuild the Temple

In the second year of King Darius,[a](A) on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through Haggai(B) the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,(C) the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 1:1 King of Persia reigned 522–486 b.c.

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