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Chapter 5.

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Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet and
Zechariah the son of Idar, prophesied unto

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the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem
in the name of the God of Israel,

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even unto them.

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Then rose up Zerubbabel, the son of
Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Josedach,

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and began to build the house of God which
is at Jerusalem.

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And with them were the prophets of God
helping them.

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At the same time came to them Tatnai,
governor on this side the river,

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and Sheetharboznai, and their companions,
and said thus unto them, Who hath

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commanded you to build this house and to
make up this wall?

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Then said we unto them after this manner,
What are the names of the men that make

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this building?

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But the eye of their God was upon the
elders of the Jews, that they could not

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cause them to cease, till the matter came
to Darius.

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And then they returned answer by letter
concerning this matter.

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The copy of the letter that Tatnai,
governor on this side the river,

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and Sheetharboznai, and his companions the
Pharsakites, which were on this side the

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river, sent unto Darius the king.

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They sent a letter unto him wherein was
written thus, Unto Darius the king all

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peace.

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Be it known unto the king that we went
into the province of Judea, to the house

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of the great God, which is builded with
great stones, and timber is laid in the

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walls, and this work goeth fast on,
and prospereth in their hands.

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Then asked we those elders, and said unto
them thus, Who commanded you to build this

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house, and to make up these walls?

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We asked their names also, to certify
thee, that we might write the names of the

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men that were the chief of them.

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And thus they returned us answer,
saying, We are the servants of the God of

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heaven and earth, and build the house that
was built these many years ago,

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which a great king of Israel built and set
up.

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But after that our fathers had provoked
the God of heaven unto wrath.

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He gave them into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,

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the Chaldean, who destroyed this house,
and carried the people away into Babylon.

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But in the first year of Cyrus the king of
Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree

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to build this house of God, and the
vessels also of gold and silver of the

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house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took
out of the temple that was in Jerusalem,

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and brought them into the temple of
Babylon.

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Those did Cyrus the king take out of the
temple of Babylon, and they were delivered

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unto one whose name was Shesh-baza,
whom he had made governor, and said unto

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him, Take these vessels, go, carry them
into the temple that is in Jerusalem,

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and let the house of God be built in his
place.

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Then came the same Shesh-baza,
and laid the foundation of the house of

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God which is in Jerusalem.

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And since that time, even until now,
hath it been in building, and yet it is

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not finished.

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Now therefore, if it seem good to the
king, let there be search made in the

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king's treasure house, which is there at
Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree

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was made of Cyrus the king to build this
house of God at Jerusalem, and let the

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king send his pleasure to us concerning
this matter.