1. So Darius the emperor issued orders for a search to be made in the royal records that were kept in Babylon.
2. But it was in the city of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found, containing the following record:
3. “In the first year of his reign Cyrus the emperor commanded that the Temple in Jerusalem be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are made and offerings are burnt. The Temple is to be 27 metres high and 27 metres wide.