^{3 Ref} In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

^{4 Ref} With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: