1 Esdras 4:44-46

Revised Standard Version

⁴⁴ and to send back all the vessels that were taken from Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart when he began^[a] to destroy Babylon, and vowed to send them back there. ⁴⁵ You also vowed to build the temple, which the E′domites burned when Judea was laid waste by the Chalde′ans. ⁴⁶ And now, O lord the king, this is what I ask and request of you, and this befits your greatness. I pray therefore that you fulfil the vow whose fulfilment you vowed to the King of heaven with your own lips.”