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# General Information:
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The letter from Tattenai to the king continues. Tattenai continues to tell the king what the Judeans had told him beginning in [Esra 5:11](./11.md).
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# enraged the God of heaven
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"made the God of heaven become very angry with us"
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# he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and took the people
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The hand is a metonym for power or control. Also, "Nebuchadnezzar" represents his army. AT: "allowed the army of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldean, to destroy this house and to take the people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# destroyed this house
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"tore down this house"
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# Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild the house of God
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Cyrus ordered that the people rebuild God's temple.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nebuchadnezzar]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/babylon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/exile]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cyrus]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/houseofgod]] |