1 Esdras 4:49-51

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⁴⁹ He wrote in behalf of all the Jews who were going up from his kingdom to Judea, in the interest of their freedom, that no officer or satrap or governor or treasurer should forcibly enter their doors; ⁵⁰ that all the region that they would occupy should be theirs without tribute; that the Idumeans should give up the villages of the Jews that they held;^{(A) 51} that twenty talents a year should be given for the building of the temple until it was completed