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45 And thou wouldest build up the temple, that Idumeans burned (up), for Judea is put out of their terms, or marches, of the Chaldeans. (And thou wouldest rebuild the Temple, that the Edomites burned up, when Judea was destroyed by the Chaldeans.)

46 And now, lord, this it is that I ask, and that I bid; this is the majesty that I ask of thee, that thou do the vow that thou vowedest to the King of heaven, of (or with) thy mouth.

47 Then Darius, the king, rising kissed him, and wrote epistles to all the dispensators, and prefects, and to men clothed in purple, that they should lead him forth, and them that were with him, all wending up [or all going up] to build Jerusalem.

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