Ezra 6:8
Also, I issue a decree as to what you are to do for these Jewish elders for the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the River, and that without delay.
Ezra 6:4
with three layers of huge stones and one layer of timbers. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury.
Ezra 7:15-22
and to bring [with you] the silver and gold which the king and his advisers have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
Ezra 4:16
We are informing the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls finished, it will mean that you will have no possession in the province west of the [Euphrates] River.”
Ezra 4:20-21
There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem who have ruled over all the provinces west of the [Euphrates] River, and tax, custom, and toll were paid to them.
Ezra 4:23
Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes’ document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they went up hurriedly to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them stop [work] by force of arms.
Ezra 5:5
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so they [Tattenai and the others] did not stop them until a report could come before Darius, and then an answer was returned by letter concerning it.
Psalm 68:29-31
Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
[Pagan] kings will bring gifts to You [out of respect].
Haggai 2:8
‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of hosts.