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# Connecting Statement:
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Ezra praises God because of what King Artaxerxes decreed.
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# placed all this into the king's heart to glorify the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem
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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/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# the house of Yahweh
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This refers to Yahweh's temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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