1Esdr 7:1 

Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and 

Sathrabuzanes, with their companions following the commandments 

of king Darius, 

1Esdr 7:2 

Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the 

ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple. 

1Esdr 7:3 

And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias 

the prophets prophesied. 

1Esdr 7:4 

And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord 

God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and 

Artexerxes, kings of Persia. 

1Esdr 7:5 

And thus was the holy house finished in the three and 

twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of Darius 

king of the Persians 

1Esdr 7:6 

And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and 

others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, 

did according to the things written in the book of Moses. 

1Esdr 7:7 

And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered 

an hundred bullocks two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; 

1Esdr 7:8 

And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the 

number of the chief of the tribes of Israel. 

1Esdr 7:9 

The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their 

vestments, according to their kindreds, in the service of the 

Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the 

porters at every gate. 

1Esdr 7:10 

And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held 

the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that 

the priests and the Levites were sanctified. 

1Esdr 7:11 

They that were of the captivity were not all sanctified 

together: but the Levites were all sanctified together. 

1Esdr 7:12 

And so they offered the passover for all them of the 

captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for 

themselves. 

1Esdr 7:13 

And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did 

eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the 

abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord. 

1Esdr 7:14 

And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, 

making merry before the Lord, 

1Esdr 7:15 

For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria 

toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord 

God of Israel.