Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ezra 6:18
Verse 18. And they set the priests] With this verse the Chaldee or Aramitic part of this chapter ends.
Verse 18. And they set the priests] With this verse the Chaldee or Aramitic part of this chapter ends.
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...
AS IT IS WRITTEN. according to the writing. THE BOOK OF MOSES: i.e. the Pentateuch. See App-47....
_the priests in their divisions_, &c. The verse refers to the organization of the priests and Levites described in 1 Chronicles 23-26. According to this arrangement, the service of the Temple was dist...
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 THEY SET THE PRIESTS IN THEIR DIVISIONS, AND THE LEVITES IN THEIR COURSES, FOR THE SERVICE OF GOD, WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM; AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF MOSES._ They set the priests in their di...
COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the Temple, and the completion of the work....
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...
(16-22) The dedication of the second Temple....
IN THE BOOK OF MOSES. — The general arrangements only were given in the Pentateuch. The “courses” were of David’s time; and their restoration must have been imperfect, as neither were the twenty-four...
וַ הֲקִ֨ימוּ כָהֲנַיָּ֜א בִּ פְלֻגָּתְהֹ֗ון וְ...
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...
_Moses. (Numbers iii. 8.) David had perfected the plan, 1 Paralipomenon xxiii., &c. (Haydock)_...
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...
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 THEY SET THE PRIESTS IN THEIR DIVISIONS, AND THE LEVITES IN THEIR COURSES, FOR THE SERVICE OF GOD WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM,.... All in their proper classes and courses, to do the work of the temple a...
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which [is] at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. Ver. 18. _For the service of God...
_They set the priests in their divisions_, &c. When they had dedicated the house, they settled the household: they would have had small comfort in the _temple_, however solemnly dedicated, without the...
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 they set the priests in their divisions, as David had arranged for, 1 Chronicles 24:1, AND THE LEVITES IN THEIR COURSES, 1 Chronicles 23:6, FOR THE SERVICE OF GOD, WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM, every div...
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...
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK: Chald. according to the writing...
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 6:18 assigned H6966 (H8684) priests H3549 divisions H6392 Levites H3879 divisions H4255 over H5922 service H5673 God
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...
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 6:18 The PRIESTS and LEVITES are set IN THEIR DIVISIONS, grouped according to their temple duties, as King David had done ...
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...
1 Chronicles 26:32; 2 Chronicles 35:4; 2 Chronicles 35:5; Numbers 3:6;...