12. May the God whose name is worshiped there cause the downfall of each king and nation who tries to tamper with my orders or tries to destroy the temple of the God in Jerusalem.I, Darius, have issued a decree. It’s to be carried out exactly as ordered.
13. Then Governor Tattenai ⌊from the province⌋ west of the Euphrates River, Shethar Bozenai, and their group did exactly what King Darius had ordered.
14. So the Jewish leaders continued to make progress because of the message from the prophet Haggai and Zechariah, the grandson of Iddo. They finished building as the God of Israel had ordered and as Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes (the kings of Persia) had ordered.