1 King Darius gave the order, and they searched in the library of Babylon in the archives.
2 But it was in the fortress of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found with this record written on it:
3 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem:Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its original foundations be retained. Its height is to be 90 feet and its width 90 feet,
4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timber. The cost is to be paid from the royal treasury.