Who is there among you of all His people? His God is with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, God of Israel (He is God) which is in Jerusalem.
Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, and it is being built with rolling stones, and timber is being laid in the walls, and that work is being done perfectly, and is prospering in their hands.
And may the God who has caused His name to dwell there destroy any kings and people who shall put their hand to change or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have set out a decree. Let it be done exactly.
And a decree is set out by me as to what you shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of that house of God, that the exact expense be given to these men from the king’s property, out of the tax Beyond the River, so that they may not have to cease working.
And He has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty leaders. And I was made strong, as the hand of Jehovah my God was on me. And I gathered out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God, which the king and his counselors, and his lords, and all Israel who were there had lifted up.
and the ones next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media who saw the king’s face, who sat first in the kingdom,
The king answered Daniel and said, Of truth your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and One revealing secrets, since you were able to reveal this secret.
And when he drew near to the den, he cried with a grieved voice to Daniel. The king answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, your God whom you serve constantly, is He able to deliver you from the lions?
A decree was given from before me that in all the domain of my kingdom there shall be trembling and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God and endures forever, and His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed. And His dominion shall be to the end.
Take from Heldai, from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah, from the exiles who have come from Babylon; and in that day you go in and go into the house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah.