²⁴ Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem was discontinued, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

¹² May the God who ^(A)has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who ^[a]attempts to ^[b]change it, so as to destroy that house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree; it is to be carried out with all diligence!”