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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Ezra 6:22

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 estates of the ancient kings of Assyria, and therefore the same monarch may be styled king of Assyria as well as king of Persia.

DARIUS had a very high character, as a wise, just, and merciful prince. To strengthen his title to the crown, he married two of the daughters of Cyrus, and, no doubt, to show his affection to this family, he the more cheerfully confirmed the edict which Cyrus had made in favour of the Jews.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. The Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread observed TEXT, Ezra 6:19-22 19 And the exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month. 20 For the priests and the Levites had puri...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the Temple, and the completion of the work....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE KING OF ASSYRIA] i.e. Darius, whose predecessors had conquered Babylon, the mistress of Assyria....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (16-22) The dedication of the second Temple....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּֽעֲשׂ֧וּ חַג ־מַצֹּ֛ות שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SECOND TEMPLE DEDICATED...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezra 6:22 kept H6213 (H8799) Feast H2282 Bread H4682 seven H7651 days H3117 joy H8057 LORD H3068 joyful...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Corinthians 5:8; 2 Chronicles 30:21; 2 Chronicles 33:11;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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