Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 11 — Section 454
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Work: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Volume 11
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 11
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Next, Darius, under whom the temple was restored, obtained the kingdom, his name being at that time Ochus. He had three Hebrew of tried fidelity as his bodyguard, and of these had, from the proof of his prudence which he had given, attracted towards himself the admiration of the king. The choice, then, being given him of asking for anything which he had formed a desire for in his heart, groaning over the ruins of his country, he begged permission to restore the city, and obtained an order from the king to urge the lieutenants and rulers to hurry forward the building of the holy temple,…
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