The Decree of Darius

Then Darius the king made a decree, and (A)search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored. And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is (B)in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record. In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices were offered, and let its foundations be retained. Its height shall be sixty cubits[a] and its breadth sixty cubits,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:3 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

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