1 Esdras 2:20
“And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the Temple, are now in hand, we thinke it meete not to neglect such a matter,”
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1 Esdras 2:20 Context
18Be it now knowen to the lord the king, that the Iewes that are come vp from you to vs, being come into Ierusalem (that rebellious and wicked citie,) doe build the market places, and repaire the walles of it, and doe lay the foundation of the Temple. 19Now if this citie, and the walles thereof be made vp againe, they will not onely refuse to giue tribute, but also rebell against kings. 20And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the Temple, are now in hand, we thinke it meete not to neglect such a matter, 21But to speake vnto our lord the king, to the intent that if it be thy pleasure, it may be sought out in the bookes of thy fathers: 22And thou shalt finde in the Chronicles, what is written concerning these things, and shalt vnderstand that that citie was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities:
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And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,
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