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Verse 11. _LET TIMBER BE PULLED DOWN_] Whether this refers to the
punishment of hanging and gibbeting of whipping at a post, or of
empaling, is not quite clear. In China they tie culprits to posts; an...
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BEING SET UP, LET HIM BE HANGED THEREON - Rather, “let him be lifted
up and crucified upon it.” Crucifixion was the most common form of
capital punishment among the Persians....
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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 KING'S REPLY ACCORDING HIS PERMISSION TOR THE BUILDING TO BE
CONTINUED.
Ezra 6:1. a decree: the actual decree does not begin until Ezra 6:8.
Ezra 6:2. Achmetha: _cf._ Tob_3:7; _i.e._ Ecbatana, in...
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ALTER.. similar strong threat in the inscription of Darius on the
Behistun rock (App-57). Compare Daniel 3:29....
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The penalty.
_Also I have made a decree_ The same words as in Ezra 6:8; Ezra 4:19.
_whosoever shall alter_ See especially Daniel 6:15. The word -alter"
here probably includes infringement of the decr...
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2. Darius-' decree ordering the reconstruction.
TEXT, EZRA 6:6-12
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Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the River,
Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues, the officials of the pr...
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_ALSO I HAVE MADE A DECREE, THAT WHOSOEVER SHALL ALTER THIS WORD, LET
TIMBER BE PULLED DOWN FROM HIS_ _ HOUSE, AND BEING SET UP, LET HIM BE
HANGED THEREON; AND LET HIS HOUSE BE MADE A DUNGHILL FOR THI...
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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 *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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ALTER THIS WORD seems to mean “violate this command,” since the
alteration of a decree was a thing unheard of.
HANGED is literally _crucified._ Among the Persians crucifixion was
generally the nailin...
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וּ מִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּ֣י כָל
־אֱנָ֗שׁ
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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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Nailed. Protestants, "hanged." Septuagint, "covered with wounds, or
fastened on it." (Haydock) --- Some think that the criminal was to be
scourged. (De Dieu) --- "Let him be hanged on the wood, which...
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Observe how the hand of the Lord is with this decree. Tatnai and his
companions are reproved for opposing God's work. Darius not only
commands the temple to be built, but at his own cost and charge. N...
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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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ALSO I HAVE MADE A DECREE, THAT WHOSOEVER SHALL ALTER THIS WORD,....
Act contrary to this command, will not obey it, but as much as in him
lies changes and revokes it:
LET TIMBER BE PULLED DOWN FROM...
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Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let
timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be
hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for 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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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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LET HIM BE HANGED:
Chalde, let him be destroyed...
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1-12 When God's time is come for fulfilling his gracious purposes
concerning his church, he will raise up instruments to do it, from
whom such good service was not expected. While our thoughts are
di...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 6:11 Also H4481 issue H7761 (H8752) decree H2942 whoever H3606
H606 alters H8133 (H8681) this...
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THE KING INSTRUCTS TATTENAI ON HOW TO PROCEED (EZRA 6:6).
Having established what was in the decree of Cyrus, king Darius now
issued his instructions to Tattenai and his colleagues on how they are
to...
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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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_Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these
Jews._
THE SCRIPTURAL WARRANT FOR AN ESTABLISHED CHURCH
Look at this history, and consider candidly the great principles
involved in...
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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 6:11 Darius makes a further DECREE, backed up with
a typical threat. He borrows language from the Israelite way of
speaking about God’s presence in Jerusalem (the God who has caused...
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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
DISCOVERY OF THE DECREE OF CYRUS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TEMPLE, AND
RECITATION OF ITS EXACT TERMS ...
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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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2 Kings 10:27; 2 Kings 9:37; Daniel 2:5; Daniel 3:29; Esther 5:4;...