1 Now the|strong="H5922" prophets, Haggai|strong="H2292" the|strong="H5922" prophet, and|strong="H2148" Zechariah|strong="H2148" the|strong="H5922" son|strong="H1247" of|strong="H1247" Iddo|strong="H5714", prophesied|strong="H5013" unto|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" that|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" in|strong="H5922" Judah|strong="H3061" and|strong="H2148" Jerusalem|strong="H3390"; in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" name|strong="H8036" of|strong="H1247" the|strong="H5922" God of|strong="H1247" Israel|strong="H3479" prophesied they unto|strong="H5922" them|strong="H5922".
2 Then|strong="H1768" rose up|strong="H6966" Zerubbabel|strong="H2217" the|strong="H1768" son|strong="H1247" of|strong="H1005" Shealtiel|strong="H7598", and|strong="H1005" Jeshua|strong="H3443" the|strong="H1768" son|strong="H1247" of|strong="H1005" Jozadak|strong="H3136", and|strong="H1005" began|strong="H8271" to|strong="H5974" build|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" at|strong="H6966" Jerusalem|strong="H3390"; and|strong="H1005" with|strong="H5974" them|strong="H5974" were|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" prophets|strong="H5029" of|strong="H1005" God, helping|strong="H5583" them|strong="H5974".
3 At the|strong="H5922" same time|strong="H2166" came to|strong="H5922" them|strong="H5922" Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H5922" governor|strong="H6347" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5922" river|strong="H5103", and|strong="H1005" Shethar-bonzenai, and|strong="H1005" their companions|strong="H3675", and|strong="H1005" said thus|strong="H3652" to|strong="H5922" them|strong="H5922", Who|strong="H4479" gave|strong="H7761" you|strong="H5922" a|strong="H3068" decree|strong="H2942" to|strong="H5922" build|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005", and|strong="H1005" to|strong="H5922" finish|strong="H3635" this|strong="H1836" wall?
4 Then|strong="H1768" spake we|strong="H3068" unto them after this|strong="H1836" manner|strong="H3660", What|strong="H4479" are|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" names|strong="H8036" of|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" men|strong="H1400" that|strong="H1768" make|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" building|strong="H1124"?
5 But the|strong="H5922" eye|strong="H5870" of|strong="H5922" their God was|strong="H1934" upon|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" elders|strong="H7868" of|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062", and|strong="H1934" they|strong="H3809" did|strong="H1994" not|strong="H3809" make|strong="H3809" them|strong="H1994" cease, till|strong="H5705" the|strong="H5922" matter|strong="H2941" should come to|strong="H5922" Darius|strong="H1868", and|strong="H1934" then answer|strong="H8421" should be|strong="H1934" returned|strong="H8421" by|strong="H8421" letter|strong="H5407" concerning|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922".
6 The|strong="H5922" copy|strong="H6573" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5922" letter that|strong="H1768" Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H5922" governor|strong="H6347" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5922" river|strong="H5103", and|strong="H4430" Shethar-bozenai|strong="H8370", and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H5922" companions|strong="H3675" the|strong="H5922" Apharsachites, which|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" beyond|strong="H5675" the|strong="H5922" river|strong="H5103", sent|strong="H7972" unto|strong="H5922" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430":
7 they|strong="H3606" sent|strong="H7972" a|strong="H3068" letter|strong="H6600" unto|strong="H5922" him|strong="H5922", wherein|strong="H1459" was|strong="H4430" written|strong="H3790" thus|strong="H1836"; Unto|strong="H5922" Darius|strong="H1868" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", all|strong="H3606" peace|strong="H8001".
8 Be|strong="H1934" it|strong="H1934" known|strong="H3046" unto the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430", that|strong="H1768" we|strong="H3068" went into the|strong="H1768" province|strong="H4083" of|strong="H1005" Judah|strong="H3061", to|strong="H3046" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H1768" great|strong="H7229" God, which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" builded|strong="H1124" with|strong="H1124" great|strong="H7229" stones, and|strong="H4430" timber is|strong="H1768" laid|strong="H7761" in|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" walls|strong="H3797", and|strong="H4430" this|strong="H1791" work|strong="H5673" goeth|strong="H5648" on with|strong="H1124" diligence and|strong="H4430" prospereth|strong="H6744" in|strong="H4430" their hands|strong="H3028".
9 Then asked|strong="H7593" we|strong="H3068" those elders|strong="H7868", and|strong="H1005" said unto them thus|strong="H1836", Who|strong="H4479" gave|strong="H7761" you a|strong="H3068" decree|strong="H2942" to|strong="H2942" build|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005", and|strong="H1005" to|strong="H2942" finish|strong="H3635" this|strong="H1836" wall?
10 We|strong="H1768" asked|strong="H7593" them their|strong="H7593" names|strong="H8036" also, to|strong="H3046" certify|strong="H3046" thee, that|strong="H1768" we|strong="H3068" might write|strong="H3790" the|strong="H1768" names|strong="H8036" of|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" men|strong="H1400" that|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1400" at the|strong="H1768" head|strong="H7217" of|strong="H1768" them.
11 And|strong="H4430" thus|strong="H1836" they|strong="H3660" returned|strong="H8421" us|strong="H8421" answer|strong="H6600", saying, We|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" servants|strong="H5649" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H1768" God of|strong="H1005" heaven|strong="H8065" and|strong="H4430" earth, and|strong="H4430" build|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" house|strong="H1005" that|strong="H1768" was|strong="H1934" builded|strong="H1124" these|strong="H1836" many|strong="H7690" years|strong="H8140" ago|strong="H6928", which|strong="H1768" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H7229" king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H1005" Israel|strong="H3479" builded|strong="H1124" and|strong="H4430" finished|strong="H3635".
12 But|strong="H3861" after|strong="H4481" that|strong="H1768" our|strong="H4481" fathers had|strong="H4430" provoked|strong="H7265" the|strong="H4481" God of|strong="H4481" heaven|strong="H8065" unto|strong="H3052" wrath|strong="H7265", he|strong="H1768" gave|strong="H3052" them|strong="H1994" into|strong="H1541" the|strong="H4481" hand|strong="H3028" of|strong="H4481" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H4481" Babylon, the|strong="H4481" Chaldean|strong="H3679", who|strong="H1768" destroyed|strong="H5642" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005", and|strong="H4430" carried|strong="H1541" the|strong="H4481" people|strong="H5972" away|strong="H1541" into|strong="H1541" Babylon.
13 But|strong="H1297" in|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" first|strong="H2298" year|strong="H8140" of|strong="H1005" Cyrus|strong="H3567" king|strong="H4430" of|strong="H1005" Babylon, Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" made|strong="H7761" a|strong="H3068" decree|strong="H2942" to|strong="H2942" build|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God.
14 And|strong="H4430" the|strong="H4481" gold|strong="H1722" and|strong="H4430" sliver vessels|strong="H3984" also|strong="H4430" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H4481" God, which|strong="H1768" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" took|strong="H5312" out|strong="H5312" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1005" that|strong="H1768" was|strong="H4430" in|strong="H4430" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", and|strong="H4430" brought|strong="H2987" them|strong="H1994" into the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H4481" Babylon, those|strong="H1994" did|strong="H1994" Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H4481" king|strong="H4430" take|strong="H5312" out|strong="H5312" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H4481" Babylon, and|strong="H4430" they|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" delivered|strong="H3052" unto|strong="H3052" one whose|strong="H1768" name|strong="H8036" was|strong="H4430" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8340", whom|strong="H1768" he|strong="H1768" had|strong="H4430" made|strong="H7761" governor|strong="H6347";
15 and|strong="H1005" he|strong="H1768" said unto|strong="H5922" him|strong="H5922", Take|strong="H5376" these|strong="H1994" vessels|strong="H3984", go, put|strong="H5182" them|strong="H1994" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1005" that|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", and|strong="H1005" let the|strong="H5922" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God be|strong="H1005" builded|strong="H1124" in|strong="H5922" its place|strong="H5182".
16 Then|strong="H1768" came|strong="H1768" the|strong="H4481" same|strong="H1791" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8340", and|strong="H1005" laid|strong="H3052" the|strong="H4481" foundations of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H4481" God which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H8000" Jerusalem|strong="H3390": and|strong="H1005" since|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" time even|strong="H1768" until|strong="H5705" now|strong="H3705" hath it|strong="H4481" been in|strong="H8000" building|strong="H1124", and|strong="H1005" yet it|strong="H4481" is|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" completed|strong="H8000".
17 Now|strong="H3705" therefore|strong="H5922", if|strong="H2006" it|strong="H5922" seem good|strong="H2869" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430", let|strong="H3705" there|strong="H8536" be|strong="H1005" search|strong="H1240" made|strong="H7761" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430"’s treasure|strong="H1596" house|strong="H1005", which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" there|strong="H8536" at|strong="H8536" Babylon, whether|strong="H2006" it|strong="H5922" be|strong="H1005" so|strong="H1768", that|strong="H1768" a|strong="H3068" decree|strong="H2942" was|strong="H4430" made|strong="H7761" of|strong="H4481" Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" to|strong="H5922" build|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" house|strong="H1005" of|strong="H4481" God at|strong="H8536" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", and|strong="H4430" let|strong="H3705" the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" send|strong="H7972" his|strong="H5922" pleasure|strong="H7470" to|strong="H5922" us|strong="H5922" concerning|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" matter|strong="H1836".