Who is there among you of all his
people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in
Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel (he is the God),
which is in Jerusalem. And whosoever remaineth in any place where he
sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold,
and with goods, and with beasts, besides the free-will offering for the
house of God that is in Jerusalem."
This proclamation was received by the captive Jews with gladness and
great joy. Measures were immediately put forth for the accomplishment of
the enterprise; the king, in the meantime, continuing to give every
encouragement to these measures, in the firm conviction that he was under
peculiar guidance of the God of heaven.
. . . . . . .
A brighter day never dawned on the plains of Judah. The brilliant rays of
the morning sun were seen flashing upwards from behind Mount Zion, like
so many messengers in uniform, proclaiming the near approach of their
sovereign master.
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