5:17a Now, therefore, if it pleases the king,

¶ So if it pleases you (sing.), O King,
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¶ “⌊Your Majesty,⌋ if this is/seems good to you,

5:17b let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon

then send (sing.) ⌊someone/people⌋ to search in the king’s treasure house in Babylon
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command ⌊some of your officials⌋ to go to the royal store house in ⌊the city of⌋ Babylon. Tell them to look through the documents/records of the kings/kingdom

5:17c to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem.

to discover if King Cyrus truly/really commanded to rebuild the temple at Jerusalem.
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for King Cyrus’s order. ⌊We (excl.) want⌋ to know if it is true that he instructed/told ⌊the Jews⌋ to build this house of God in Jerusalem again ⌊or not⌋.

5:17d Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

Then may the king send to us (excl.) ⌊a letter to inform us⌋ what he decides concerning this.
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Then we ask you (sing.), Your Majesty, to tell us what you want us to do.”

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