1 Esdras 4:60-62

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⁶⁰ Blessed are you, who have given me wisdom; I give you thanks, O Lord of our ancestors.”^(A)

⁶¹ So he took the letters and went to Babylon and told this to all his kindred. ⁶² And they praised the God of their ancestors because he had given them freedom and permission