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Verse Ezra 6:22. _TURNED THE HEART OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA_] I am of
Calmet's mind, that _king of Assyria_ is here put for _king of_
_Persia_. Cyrus and his successors possessed all the rights and
esta...
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THE KING OF ASSYRIA - i. e., Darius. Assyria had so long been the
great monarchy of western Asia that the sacred writers continue the
title to those who had inherited the old Assyrian power, as first...
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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 ...
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER. Hebrew is resumed here.
Ezra 6:19. the fourteenth day of the first month: _cf._ Exodus 12:6.
The leading part taken by the Levites here is not in accordance with
earli...
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_seven days_ see Exodus 12:15.
_had made them joyful_ the same phrase in the original as that
rendered in 2 Chronicles 20:27, "for the Lord had made them to
rejoice" R.V. Nehemiah 12:43, "For God had...
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_VER._ 22. _THE KING OF ASSYRIA_— Darius is called the king of
Assyria, as now reigning over all the kingdoms which were formerly
under the power of the Assyrians. And from hence Archbishop Usher
infe...
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4. The Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread observed
TEXT, Ezra 6:19-22
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And the exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth of the first
month.
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For the priests and the Levites had puri...
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_AND KEPT THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD SEVEN DAYS WITH JOY: FOR THE
LORD HAD MADE THEM JOYFUL, AND TURNED THE HEART OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA
UNTO THEM, TO STRENGTHEN THEIR HANDS IN THE WORK OF THE HOUS...
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COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the
Temple, and the completion of the work....
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THE KING OF ASSYRIA] i.e. Darius, whose predecessors had conquered
Babylon, the mistress of Assyria....
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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...
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(16-22) The dedication of the second Temple....
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AND KEPT THE FEAST. — The Mazzoth, or week of unleavened bread, was
the symbol of entire separation from evil, to the service of that God
whom on the Passover they accepted as their God. The special j...
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וַ יַּֽעֲשׂ֧וּ חַג ־מַצֹּ֛ות
שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים...
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THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
Ezra 6:6
THE chronicler's version of the edict in which Darius replies to the
application of the Satrap Tattenai is so very friendly to the Jews
that questions have been...
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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...
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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...
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And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the
LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of (k)
Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the h...
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_Assyria. The successors of Cyrus now ruled over those countries,
(Calmet) which had belonged to the most potent Assyrian and Chaldean
monarchs; and therefore the titles are given to them indiscrimina...
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How beautiful and truly interesting is it, to discover, more or less,
through the Bible, from the first forming of the church on our fathers
coming out of Egypt, even to the days of the Lord Jesus, ho...
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REFLECTIONS
AT length we have seen, after many years expectation to the people,
and much opposition from their enemies, the temple built and
dedicated; and once more the church enjoying unmolested the...
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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...
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AND KEPT THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD SEVEN DAYS WITH JOY,.... Which
immediately followed upon the passover, Exodus 12:18,
FOR THE LORD HAD MADE THEM JOYFUL; the building of the temple being
finishe...
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And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the
LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria
unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house...
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_And kept the feast with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful _ Had
given them both cause to rejoice, and hearts to rejoice. “It was now
near twenty years,” says Henry, “since the foundation of this...
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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...
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and kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for this
festival was merely a continuation of the Passover Feast; FOR THE LORD
HAD MADE THEM JOYFUL, AND TURNED THE HEART OF THE KING OF AS...
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THE SECOND TEMPLE DEDICATED...
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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...
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13-22 The gospel church, that spiritual temple, is long in the
building, but it will be finished at last, when the mystical body is
completed. Every believer is a living temple, building up himself i...
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THE HEART OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA, i.e. of the king of Persia, which
was now king of Assyria also, or emperor of that vast and famous
Assyrian empire; which was first subdued by the king of Babylon, wh...
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THE WRITER NOW COMMENCES AGAIN IN HEBREW.
The writer now changes back from using Aramaic to using Hebrew. This
is in order that the whole passage from Ezra 4:1 to Ezra 6:22,
although written mainly in...
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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...
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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...
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_For the Lord had made them joyful._
GOD THE JOY-BRINGER
I. God is the joy-maker.
1. The object of much that God does is simply the blessedness of human
hearts. The poorest creature that lives has a...
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_And they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai._
THE TRUE PULPIT THE BEST PROMOTER OF HONEST INDUSTRY
It--
I. quickens the power of thought. He quickens public thought most who
presents the m...
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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...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 6:19 The text returns from Aramaic to Hebrew in v.
Ezra 6:19 (see note on 4:7–8). The PASSOVER is...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
Ezra 6:13
SO THEY DID SPEEDILY. Tatnai and Shethar-boznai showed no reluctance.
They had no enmity against the Jews. Once clearly advertised of the
king's wishes, they carried them out wi...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Corinthians 5:8; 2 Chronicles 30:21; 2 Chronicles
33:11;...
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Joyful — He had given them both cause to rejoice, and hearts to
rejoice. God is the fountain whence all the streams of true joy flow.
Of Assyria — Of the king of Persia, who was now king of Assyria
al...