² “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and ^(A)He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

^3 (A)In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the ^[a]temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be ^[b]retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;