'Thus' in the Bible

Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that is in Judah;

Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe have written a letter concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, thus:

At that time come to them hath Tatnai, governor beyond the river, and Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, and thus they are saying to them, 'Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?'

Then thus we have said to them, 'What are the names of the men who are building this building?'

A letter they have sent unto him, and thus is it written in it:

Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?

And thus they have returned us word, saying, We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it is: