He cameto Jerusalemin the fifthmonth,whichwas in the seventhyearof the king.
So allthe menof Judahand Benjaminassembledat Jerusalemwithin the threedays.It was the ninthmonthon the twentiethof the month,and allthe peoplesatin the opensquare[before] the houseof God,tremblingbecauseof this matterand the heavy rain.
Someof the sonsof Israeland someof the priests,the Levites,the singers,the gatekeepersand the templeservantswentup to Jerusalemin the seventhyearof KingArtaxerxes.
For on the firstof the firstmonthhe beganto goup from Babylon;and on the firstof the fifthmonthhe cameto Jerusalem,because the goodhandof his God[was] upon him.
Thus we cameto Jerusalemand remainedtherethreedays.
"For we are slaves;yet in our bondageour Godhas not forsakenus, but has extendedlovingkindnessto us in the sightof the kingsof Persia,to giveus revivingto raiseup the houseof our God,to restoreits ruinsand to giveus a wallin Judahand Jerusalem.
So Estherwas takento KingAhasuerusto his royalpalacein the tenthmonthwhichis the monthTebeth,in the seventhyearof his reign.
"So you are to knowand discern[that] from the issuingof a decreeto restoreand rebuildJerusalemuntilMessiahthe Prince[there will be] sevenweeksand sixty-twoweeks;it will be builtagain,with plazaand moat,even in timesof distress.
