Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 6:6
Source: Septuagint
6Now, ye rulers beyond the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their fellow servants the Apharsachaeans, who are on the other side of the river, give these things, keeping far from that place.
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4And let there be three strong layers of stone, and one layer of timber; and the expense shall be paid out of the house of the king.
5And the silver and the gold vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar carried off from the house that was in Jerusalem, and carried to Babylon, let them even be given, and be carried to the temple that is in Jerusalem, and put in the place where they were set in the house of God.
— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 6:6 —
7Now let alone the work of the house of God: let the rulers of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build that house of God on its place.
8Also a decree has been made by me, if haply ye may do somewhat in concert with the elders of the Jews for the building of that house of God: to wit, out of the king’s property, even the tributes beyond the river, let there be money to defray the expenses carefully granted to those men, so that they be not hindered.