1Esdr 5:53
And all they that had made any vow to God began to offer
sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month,
although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.

1Esdr 5:54
And they gave unto the masons and carpenters money, meat, and
drink, with cheerfulness.

1Esdr 5:55
Unto them of Zidon also and Tyre they gave carrs, that they
should bring cedar trees from Libanus, which should be brought
by floats to the haven of Joppa, according as it was commanded
them by Cyrus king of the Persians.

1Esdr 5:56
And in the second year and second month after his coming to
the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of
Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and
the priests, and the Levites, and all they that were come unto
Jerusalem out of the captivity:

1Esdr 5:57
And they laid the foundation of the house of God in the first
day of the second month, in the second year after they were come
to Jewry and Jerusalem.

1Esdr 5:58
And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the
works of the Lord. Then stood up Jesus, and his sons and