12 And the God that hath caused his Name [a]to dwell there, destroy all kings and people that put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God, which is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree, let it be done with speed.

13 ¶ Then Tattenai the Captain beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai and their companions, according to that which Darius had sent, so they did speedily.

14 So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered by the prophesying of [b]Haggai the Prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, and they built and finished it, by the appointment of the God of Israel, and by the commandment of Cyrus and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:12 Who hath appointed that place to have his Name called upon there.
  2. Ezra 6:14 Whom God stirs up to assure them that he would give their work good success.

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