Ezra 7:27-28

27 aBlessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, bwho put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, 28 cand who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.

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