commanded

But Zerubbabel and Ieshua, and the rest of the chiefe of the fathers of Israel, said vnto them, You haue nothing to doe with vs, to build an house vnto our God, but we our selues together will build vnto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the King of Persia hath commanded vs.

And I commaunded, and search hath bene made, and it is found, that this citie of old time hath made insurrection against Kings, and that rebellion & sedition haue bene made therein.

1611 marginal noteChald. by me a decree is set.

1611 marginal noteChald. listed vp it selfe.

¶ At the same time came to them Tatnai, gouernour on this side the Riuer, and Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, and said thus vnto them; Who hath commaunded you to build this house, and to make vp this wall?

Then asked we those Elders, and said vnto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make vp these walles?

Whatsoeuer is commanded by the God of heauen, let it be diligently done, for the house of the God of heauen: for why should there be wrath against the realme of the king and his sonnes?

1611 marginal noteHeb. what soeuer is of the decree.

Which thou hast commanded by thy seruants the prophets, saying, The land vnto which ye go to possesse it, is an vncleane land, with the filthinesse of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which haue filled it from one end to another, with their vncleannesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of thy seruants.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from mouth to mouth.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.32. deut. 7.3.