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[31]
AFTER the slaughter of file Magi, who, upon the death of Cambyses,
attained the government of the Persians for a year, those families which
were called the seven families of the Persians appointed Darius, the son
of Hystaspes, to be their king. Now he, while he was a private man, had
made a vow to God, that if he came to be king, he would send all the vessels
of God that were in Babylon to the temple at Jerusalem. Now it so fell
out, that about this time Zorobabel, who had been made governor of the
Jews that had been in captivity, came to Darius, from Jerusalem; for there
had been an old friendship between him and the king. He was also, with
two others, thought worthy to be guard of the king's body; and obtained
that honor which he hoped for.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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