Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ezra 6:15
Verse 15. This house was finished] The sixth year of Darius mentioned here was about A.M. 3489, twenty years after the foundation had been laid by Zerubbabel, under the reign of Cyrus.
Verse 15. This house was finished] The sixth year of Darius mentioned here was about A.M. 3489, twenty years after the foundation had been laid by Zerubbabel, under the reign of Cyrus.
“Adar” was the twelfth or last month of the Jewish year, corresponding nearly with our March. The sixth year of Darius was 516-515 B.C....
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 CARRYING OUT OF THE DECREE; THE TEMPLE COMPLETED AND DEDICATED. Ezra 6:14. This cannot be in its original form; the success of the building is ascribed both to the commandment of God and to the de...
ADAR. the twelfth month. See App-51....
The date here given is the 3rd of Adar (the 12th month) in the 6th year of Darius (516 515). The month Adar is about equivalent to our March. The name seems to be derived from an Assyrian god -Adar",...
3. The completion of the building, and its dedication TEXT, EZRA 6:13-18 13 Then Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues carried out the decre...
_AND THE ELDERS OF THE JEWS BUILDED, AND THEY PROSPERED THROUGH THE PROPHESYING OF HAGGAI THE PROPHET AND ZECHARIAH THE SON OF IDDO. AND THEY BUILDED, AND FINISHED IT, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF...
COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the Temple, and the completion of the work....
ADAR] February-March. THE SIXTH YEAR] i.e. 516 b.c. The Temple, which was begun for the second time in the second year of Darius, 520 b.c. (Haggai 1:14), had taken more than four years to finish. No c...
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...
THE THIRD DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR, WHICH WAS IN THE SIXTH YEAR. — The event around which this part of the history revolves is dated with due care; it was on the third day of the last month of the eccles...
וְ שֵׁיצִיא֙ בַּיְתָ֣ה דְנָ֔ה עַ֛ד יֹ֥ום תְּל
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...
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...
And this house was finished on the third day of the month (g) Adar, which was in (h) the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. (g) This is the twelfth month and contains part of February and pa...
_Adar, corresponding with our February and March. (Menochius) --- In the latter month they celebrated the Passover, ver. 19. --- Darius. Hence twenty years had elapsed from the first foundation. They...
I think there must have been a space of nearly 20 years from the foundation of the temple to the finishing of it. And in the building up of every individual of Christ's mystical temple, how long somet...
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...
AND THIS HOUSE WAS FINISHED ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR,.... The twelfth month of the year with the Jews, and answers to part of our February and part of March: WHICH WAS IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF...
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. Ver. 15. _And this house was finished_] About fifteen years after that the...
_This house was finished in the third day of the month Adar_ The tenth of March, in the year of the world 3489, in little more than four years after the Jews had returned to the work, and engaged hear...
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...
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. According to one careful investigator the foundation had been completed in...
THE SECOND TEMPLE DEDICATED...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ezra 6:15 the H1836 temple H1005 finished H3319 (H8806) on H5705 third H8532 day H3118 month H3393 Adar...
THE DECREE IS CARRIED OUT AND THE WORK ON THE TEMPLE IS COMPLETED ACCOMPANIED BY DUE CEREMONY (EZRA 6:13). Ezra 6:13 ‘Then Tattenai, the governor of Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their comp...
ADAR twelfth monththat is, March....
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 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...
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 6:15 The MONTH OF ADAR (February/March) was the last month of the year. The SIXTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF DARIUS was 515 B.C., almost exactly 70 years after the destruction of the first...
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 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...
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...
Esther 3:13; Esther 3:7; Esther 8:12; Esther 9:1; Esther 9:15;...