1. So Darius the emperor issued orders for a search to be made in the royal records that were kept in Babylon.
2. But it was in the city of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found, containing the following record:
3. “In the first year of his reign Cyrus the emperor commanded that the Temple in Jerusalem be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are made and offerings are burnt. The Temple is to be 27 metres high and 27 metres wide.
4. The walls are to be built with one layer of wood on top of every three layers of stone. All expenses are to be paid by the royal treasury.
5. Also the gold and silver utensils which King Nebuchadnezzar brought to Babylon from the Temple in Jerusalem are to be returned to their proper place in the Jerusalem Temple.”