1Then King Darius gaue commandement, and they made search in the librarie of the treasures, which were there layd vp in Babel.

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Ezra 5:17, Ezra 5:17, Ezra 4:15, Proverbs 25:2, Ezra 4:15

2And there was founde in a coffer (in the palace that was in the prouince of the Medes) a volume, and therein was it thus written, as a memoriall,

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2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 17:6

3IN THE FIRST yeere of King Cyrus, King Cyrus made a decree for the house of God in Ierusalem, Let the house be buylt, euen the place where they offred sacrifices, and let the walles thereof be ioyned together: let the height thereof be three score cubites, and the breadth thereof three score cubites,

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2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:4, 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:4, Revelation 21:16

4Three orders of great stones, and one order of timber, and let the expenses be giuen of the Kings house.

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1 Kings 6:36, 1 Kings 6:36, Psalms 68:29, Psalms 68:29, Psalms 72:10

5And also let them render the vessels of the house of God (of golde and siluer, which Nebuchadnezzar tooke out of the Temple, which was in Ierusalem, and brought vnto Babel) and let him goe vnto the Temple that is in Ierusalem to his place, and put them in the house of God.

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Daniel 5:2, Ezra 5:14, Daniel 5:2, Ezra 5:14, Jeremiah 27:16

6Therefore Tatnai captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shethar Boznai, (and their companions Apharsecaie, which are beyonde the Riuer) be ye farre from thence.

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Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:3, Romans 8:31, Proverbs 21:30, Romans 8:31

7Suffer ye the worke of this house of God, that the captaine of the Iewes and the Elders of the Iewes may buylde this house of God in his place.

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Acts 5:38, Acts 5:39, Acts 5:38, Acts 5:39

8For I haue giuen a commandement what ye shall doe to the Elders of these Iewes, for the buylding of this house of God, that of the reuenues of the King, which is of the tribute beyonde the Riuer, there be incontinently expenses giuen vnto these men that they cease not.

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Ezra 6:4, Ezra 6:4, Haggai 2:8, Ezra 7:15, Ezra 7:22

9And that which they shall haue neede of, let it be giuen vnto them day by day, whether it be yong bullockes, or rammes, or lambes for the burnt offrings of the God of heauen, wheate, salt, wine, and oyle, according to the appoyntment of the Priestes that are in Ierusalem, that there bee no fault,

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Leviticus 1:10, Psalms 50:9, Psalms 50:13, Leviticus 1:10, Psalms 50:9

10That they may haue to offer sweete odours vnto the God of heauen, and praye for the Kings life, and for his sonnes.

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Jeremiah 29:7, 1 Timothy 2:1, 1 Timothy 2:2, Ezra 7:23, Jeremiah 29:7

11And I haue made a decree, that whosoeuer shall alter this sentence, the wood shall be pulled downe from his house, and shall be set vp, and he shalbe hanged thereon, and his house shalbe made a dunghill for this.

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Daniel 2:5, Daniel 3:29, Daniel 2:5, Daniel 3:29, Ezra 7:26

12And the God that hath caused his Name 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 Ierusalem. I Darius haue made a decree, let it be done with speede.

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1 Kings 9:3, 1 Kings 9:3, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11

13Then Tatnai the captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shethar Boznai and their companions, according to that which Darius had sent, so they did speedily.

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Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:9, Job 5:12, Job 5:13, Ezra 5:6

14So the Elders of the Iewes builded, and they prospered by the prophecying of Haggai the Prophet, and Zechariah the sonne of Iddo, and they buylded and finished it, by the appoyntment of the God of Israel, and by the commandement of Cyrus and Darius, and Artahshashte king of Persia.

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Ezra 7:1, Ezra 7:1, Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:2, Ezra 5:13

15And this house was finished the thirde day of the moneth Adar, which was the sixt yeere of the reigne of King Darius.

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Esther 3:7, Esther 3:7, Esther 9:21, Esther 9:21, Esther 9:15

16And the children of Israel, the Priestes, and the Leuites, and the residue of the children of the captiuitie kept the dedication of this house of God with ioy,

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2 Chronicles 7:5, 2 Chronicles 7:5, 1 Kings 8:63, 1 Kings 8:63, Ezra 6:22

17And offred at the dedication of this house of God an hundreth bullockes, two hundreth rams, foure hundreth lambes, and twelue goates, for the sinne of all Israel, according to the nomber of the tribes of Israel.

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Ezra 8:35, Ezra 8:35, Revelation 7:4, Revelation 7:8, Revelation 7:4

18And they set the Priests in their order, and the Leuites in their courses ouer the seruice of God in Ierusalem, as it is written in the booke of Moses.

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Numbers 3:6, Numbers 3:6, 2 Chronicles 35:4, 2 Chronicles 35:5, 1 Chronicles 24:1

19And the childre of the captiuitie kept the Passeouer on ye fourtenth day of the first moneth.

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Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:36, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:36, 2 Chronicles 30:1

20(For the Priests and the Leuites were purified altogether) and they killed the Passeouer for all the children of the captiuitie, and for their brethren the Priests, and for themselues.

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2 Chronicles 35:11, 2 Chronicles 35:11, Hebrews 7:27, 2 Chronicles 29:34, Hebrews 7:27

21So the children of Israel which were come againe out of captiuitie, and all such as had separated themselues vnto them, from the filthines of the Heathen of the land, to seeke the Lord God of Israel, did eate,

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Ezra 9:11, Ezra 9:11, Isaiah 52:11, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Isaiah 52:11

22And they kept ye feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes with ioy: for the Lord had made them glad, and turned the heart of the King of Asshur vnto them, to incourage them in the worke of the house of God, euen the God of Israel.

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2 Chronicles 30:21, Ezra 1:1, Proverbs 21:1, 2 Chronicles 30:21, Ezra 1:1