'Thus' in the Bible

"Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, "Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?"

they sent a letter to him, in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace.

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, "Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?"

Thus they returned us answer, saying, "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record: