1 Esdras 7:2-4

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² supervised the holy work with very great care, assisting the elders of the Jews and the chief officers of the temple.^{(A) 3} The holy work prospered, while the prophets Haggai and Zechariah prophesied, ⁴ and they completed it by the command of the Lord God of Israel. So with the consent of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of the Persians,^(B)