Ezra 6: The Temple Completed and Dedicated

Darius finds Cyrus’s decree, orders the officials to leave the builders alone, and pays for the work and the sacrifices. The temple is finished and dedicated with joy and offerings for all twelve tribes, and the people keep the Passover, rejoicing that God turned a king’s favor toward them.

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Where did Darius say the money for the builders and the sacrifices should come from (6:8-9)?

From a special offering collected among the Jews in BabylonFrom taxes on the very region the officials governedFrom the sale of land belonging to the temple priestsFrom the treasures captured in Darius’s recent wars