Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem.
Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.
Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”