14 As for this house, it was built many years ago by a great and strong king of Israel, and was finished. (WEB) 15 But when our fathers sinned against the Lord of Israel who is in heaven, and provoked him to wrath, he gave them over into the hands of King Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, king of the Chaldeans. (WEB) 16 They pulled down the house, burned it, and carried away the people captive to Babylon. (WEB)
1 Esdras 6:14–16
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