24 It was then that the work on the house of God, which was in Jerusalem, stopped; and it continued stopped until the second year of the reign of Da·riʹus+ the king of Persia.

5 And the eye+ of their God proved to be upon+ the older men* of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report could go to Da·riʹus and then an official document concerning this could be sent back.

6 It was then that Da·riʹus the king put an order through, and they made an investigation in the house of the records+ of the treasures deposited there in Babylon.

2 And now what is truth I shall tell to you:+

“Look! There will yet be three kings standing up for Persia,+ and the fourth one+ will amass greater riches than all [others].+ And as soon as he has become strong in his riches, he will rouse up everything against the kingdom of Greece.*+