1 Esdras 6:18-20

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¹⁸ with the command that he should take all these vessels back and put them in the temple at Jerusalem and that this temple of the Lord should be rebuilt on its site. ¹⁹ Then this Sheshbazzar, after coming here, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem. Although it has been in process of construction from that time until now, it has not yet reached completion.’^{(A) 20} Now therefore, O king, if it seems wise to do so, let search be made in the royal archives of our lord^[a] the king that are in Babylon;