Day 144: Ezra 3-7, May 23rd, 2023

Temple rebuild is interrupted by adversaries, but Darius decrees that the building will continue

Ezra 6:6 Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place! 7Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.