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A scroll was found in Ecbatana, the capital city of Media. This is what was written on it:

Note:

King Cyrus gave an order about the Temple of God in Jerusalem in the first year he was king. This was the order:

“Let the Temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices. Let its foundations be laid; it should be ninety feet high and ninety feet wide. It must have three layers of large stones and then one layer of timbers. The costs should be paid from the king’s treasury.

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A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it:

Memorandum:

In the first year of King Cyrus, the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem:

Let the temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices, and let its foundations be laid.(A) It is to be sixty cubits[a] high and sixty cubits wide, with three courses(B) of large stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:3 That is, about 90 feet or about 27 meters