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23 Then king Darius commanded to be inwardly sought in the libraries; and there was found in Ecbatana, a borough town, that is in the middle region, a place (or a roll), in the which were written these things.

24 The first year reigning Cyrus king, Cyrus commanded to build up the house of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem, where they burned with continual fire; [The first year reigning Cyrus king, Cyrus commanded the house of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem, to build up, where they burned with continual fire;]

25 whose height was made of sixty cubits, and the breadth of sixty cubits, squared with three polished stones, and with solar (or throne) tree of the same region, and with one new solar (or with three rows of polished stones, and one row of new wood from the same region); and costs to be given (out) of the house of king Cyrus;

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