EZRA—NOTE ON Ezra 6:8 Darius confirms Cyrus’s decree and also provides for costs from taxes raised in the province Beyond the River itself (v. Ezra 6:8). He also provides materials for sacrifices (v. Ezra 6:9), with the political condition that the Jews would pray for the life of the king and his sons (v. Ezra 6:10). Darius’s generosity was part of his plan for maintaining Persian power.

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