Unpolished, to correspond with the polished stones and cedar employed by Solomon, 3 Kings vi. 36. (Menochius) --- Protestants, "great stones." See chap. v. 8. --- Charges. It appears that the Jews furnished money and meat to pay for the wood, chap. i. 4., and iii. 7. Some annual sum might be assigned by Cyrus, either for the building, or for the daily holocausts. (Calmet)
Verse Ezra 6:4. _THREE ROWS OF GREAT STONES, AND A ROW OF NEW TIMBER_] We have noticed this kind of building before, three courses of stones, and then a course of strong balk; and this continued to th...
The word translated “row” occurs only in this passage. Some regard it as a “course,” and suppose that after every three courses of stone there followed a course of timber. Others understand three “sto...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The search of the king and the result (Ezra 6:1)_ 2. The command of Darius (Ezra 6:6) 3. The king's command obeyed (Ezra 6:13) 4. The house finished ...
THE KING'S REPLY ACCORDING HIS PERMISSION TOR THE BUILDING TO BE CONTINUED. Ezra 6:1. a decree: the actual decree does not begin until Ezra 6:8. Ezra 6:2. Achmetha: _cf._ Tob_3:7; _i.e._ Ecbatana, in...
ROWS. layers or stories, as in 1 Kings 6:36. NEW TIMBER. Should be "timber, one": i.e. one row. In changing the ancient characters into the modern square characters the _aleph_ ('a) in _had'a_ ("one")...
_a row of new timber_ R.V. marg. -According to the Sept. _one row of timber_." It has been much disputed what -the three rows of great stones and the row of timber" can mean. (1) Some explain by three...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT D. The Temple is completed and dedicated. TEXT, Ezra 6:1-5 1. The Royal Edict authorizing construction is found. 1 Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was...
_IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS THE KING THE SAME CYRUS THE KING MADE A DECREE CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD AT JERUSALEM, LET THE HOUSE BE BUILDED, THE PLACE WHERE THEY OFFERED SACRIFICES, AND LET THE FOUN...
COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the Temple, and the completion of the work....
_With_ THREE ROWS, etc.] cp. 1 Kings 6:36, which suggests that these materials were used in the construction of the Court, not of the edifice, of the Temple. OUT. OF THE KING'S HOUSE] i.e. from the ki...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 6 V1 Then King Darius gave a command. So people searched in the records. Those records were in the house of the records in the city calle...
נִדְבָּכִ֞ין דִּי ־אֶ֤בֶן גְּלָל֙ תְּלָתָ֔א וְ...
NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRIT Ezra 5:3; Ezra 6:1 IT is in keeping with the character of his story of the returned Jews throughout, that no sooner has the chronicler let a ray of sunshine fall...
PROSPERED IN A DIFFICULT WORK Ezra 6:1 How much depended on the finding of that roll! But God knew where it was, and led them to discover it, and inclined Darius to ratify it. When we are anxious and...
There can be no doubt that Tattenai felt that finding such a decree was unlikely, if not impossible. That the search must have been thorough is indicated by the place where the roll was found. The sea...
Surely the Lord's hand was in this, for otherwise when the decree of Cyrus was not found in Babylon, what could have prompted the mind of Darius to have had search made for it in another of his provin...
All this shews us that, in ceasing to build the temple, Israel was in fault. It appears from Haggai (Ezra 2:15) that they had made no progress at all. The terror with which the adversaries had inspire...
WITH THREE ROWS OF GREAT STONES,.... Which Jarchi interprets of the walls of it, and these stones of marble; and so Ben Melech: AND A ROW OF NEW TIMBER; of cedar wood upon the rows of stone, see 1 Ki...
Ezra 6:4 [With] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: Ver. 4. Out of the king's house] i.e. Out of the royal revenue in those par...
1 Darius finding the decree of Cyrus, maketh a new decree for the aduancement of the building. 13 By the helpe of the enemies, and the directions of the prophets, the Temple is finished. 16 The feas...
with three rows of great stones, the two side-walls and the rear wall being laid up in hewn stones, AND A ROW OF NEW TIMBER, of which the front wall was constructed; AND LET THE EXPENSES BE GIVEN OUT...
THE FAVORABLE DECREE OF DARIUS...
Having received the letter from Tattenai, Darius ordered that a search be made in the archives where the treasures were stored in Babylon.There is no doubt that God led the searchers to Achmetha in th...
1-12 When God's time is come for fulfilling his gracious purposes concerning his church, he will raise up instruments to do it, from whom such good service was not expected. While our thoughts are di...
WITH THREE ROWS OF GREAT STONES, AND A ROW OF NEW TIMBER; as Solomon's temple was built, 1 KINGS 6:36; whereof Darius was informed by some of the Jews, who also desired that it might be done in this m...
Ezra 6:4 three H8532 rows H5073 heavy H1560 stones H69 row H5073 new H2323 timber H636 expenses H5313 paid...
THE KING INITIATES A SEARCH AND DISCOVERS THE DECREE OF CYRUS, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH IS REVEALED (EZRA 6:1). Ezra 6:1 ‘Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the arc...
CONTENTS: Darius confirms the decree of Cyrus. Temple furnished and worship restored. CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Haggai, Zechariah, Tattenai, Shethar-bozenai, Cyrus. CONCLUSION: When God's time has co...
Ezra 6:2. _There was found at Achmetha,_ that is, _Ecbatana,_ the capital of Media, as in the Vulgate, the city where the archives were kept; _a roll_ of the parchment. Revelation 7:1. “(?)” [Revelati...
_And let the expenses be given out of the king’s house._ A BELIEVER’S EXPENSES I. What are our expenses? The expenses referred to in the text are those connected with the return of the Jews to their...
_And search was made in the house of the rolls._ THE SEARCH FOR THE DECREE OF CYRUS Learn-- 1. Honest and thorough investigation promotes the interests of religion and of the Church of God. 2. The...
EZRA 6:1 King Darius Discovers and Reaffirms Cyrus’s Decree, and the Work Is Completed. A record of Cyrus’s decree is discovered, and King Darius confirms that the Jews are to be allowed to continue t...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 6:3 This record is not identical with the DECREE as recorded in Ezra 1:2. It gives new specifications about the building, its location, its size, and its materials.
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 6:4 Using THREE LAYERS OF GREAT STONES AND ONE LAYER OF TIMBER follows the construction of the older temple (1 Kings 6:36;...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) The search for and discovery of the decree of Cyrus (Ezra 6:1). (ii.) The decree of Darius for the furtherance of the building of the Temple...
EXPOSITION DISCOVERY OF THE DECREE OF CYRUS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TEMPLE, AND RECITATION OF ITS EXACT TERMS ...
So Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of...
1 Kings 6:36; Ezra 7:20; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:6; Psalms 68:29;...