1 King Darius ordered someone to go through the old records kept in Babylonia.
2 Finally, a scroll was found in Ecbatana, the capital of Media Province, and it said:This official record will show
3 that in the first year Cyrus was king, he gave orders to rebuild God's temple in Jerusalem, so that sacrifices and offerings could be presented there. It is to be built 27 meters high and 27 meters wide,
4 with one row of wooden beams for each three rows of large stones. The royal treasury will pay for everything.
5 Then the gold and silver things that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple and brought to Babylonia are to be returned to their proper places.
6 King Darius sent this message:Governor Tattenai of Western Province and Shethar Bozenai, you and your advisors must stay away from the temple.