# Connecting Statement:

Ezra praises God because of what King Artaxerxes decreed.

# placed all this into the king's heart to glorify Yahweh's house in Jerusalem

Placing things in the king's heart represents causing him to have certain thoughts and desires. Alternate translation: "caused the king to want to glorify Yahweh's house in Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Yahweh's house

This refers to Yahweh's temple" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

