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Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 8. Unpolished. Prot. “great.” Bible.—Hebrew “to be rolled.” See Vitruv. x. 6. Septuagint “choice stones.” Kimchi, and so forth “marble.” Calmet.—3 Esd. “polished and precious stones.” Bible.—Yet the Vulg. seems more conformable to Calmet. 6:4 and Agg. 2:2. Menochius. Ribera.—Walls, every fourth course. 3 Kennicott. 6:36. Calmet.
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