6 Then Darius the king made a decree  and search was made in the house of the archives  where the treasures were laid up in Babylon 2 And there was found at Achmetha  in the palace that is in the province of Media  a roll  and therein was thus written for a record: 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king  Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem  let the house be builded  the place where they offer sacrifices  and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid  the height thereof threescore cubits  and the breadth thereof threescore cubits  4 with three courses of great stones  and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house