² “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and ^(A)He has appointed me to rebuild for Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

^3 (A)In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God in Jerusalem, let the ^[a]temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt, and let ^[b]its foundations be repaired, its height being ^[c]sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits,