KJV ORIGINAL
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Praise the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who put it in the king's heart to do this wonderful thing—to make the house of the LORD in Jerusalem beautiful again!
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Ezra is praising God for influencing the Persian king to support and beautify the temple in Jerusalem.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes after the Persian king Artaxerxes gave Ezra official permission and resources to return to Jerusalem and restore proper worship in the temple. The Jewish people had been in exile in Babylon for decades, and their temple had been destroyed. Now a foreign king was actually helping them rebuild and beautify their place of worship.
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