ബൈബിൾ എക്സ്പ്ലോറർ · സംഭവം · c. 520 BC

Tattenai investigates the temple and Darius confirms Cyrus’s decree

Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai question the elders in Jerusalem; their official inquiry prompts King Darius I to search the archives in Ecbatana where Cyrus’s decree is discovered, resulting in imperial funding and severe penalties for any who alter the edict.