Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ezra 6:2
Here the king's answer may seem to begin, and this following account he sends to them, and after that lays down his commands. Achmetha; the royal city of the Medes and Persians.
Here the king's answer may seem to begin, and this following account he sends to them, and after that lays down his commands. Achmetha; the royal city of the Medes and Persians.
Verse Ezra 6:2. _AT ACHMETHA_] Ecbatana in India, whither it is probable all the records of Cyrus had been carried. This was a sort of summer residence for the kings of Persia....
“Achmetha” is the “Ecbatana,” or “Agbatana,” of the Greeks, the Persian name for which, as we find in the Behistun Inscription, was HaGMaTANa. We must suppose that, when Babylon had been searched in...
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 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...
ACHMETHA. Ecbatana, the capital of ancient Media....
_And there was found at Achmetha_ R.V. margin, That is, _Ecbatana_. The precious document was not found at Babylon. It has been suggested that valuable records were hastily transferred from Babylon to...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT D. The Temple is completed and dedicated. TEXT, Ezra 6:1-5 1. The Royal Edict authorizing construction is found. 1 Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was...
_AND THERE WAS FOUND AT ACHMETHA, IN THE PALACE THAT IS IN THE PROVINCE OF THE MEDES, A ROLL, AND THEREIN WAS A RECORD THUS WRITTEN:_ There was found at Achmetha, х_ Bª-'ACHMAªTAA'_ (H307). The margi...
6:2 Achmetha (a-6) Ecbatana, capital of Great Media. fortress (b-9) Or 'capital.'...
COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the Temple, and the completion of the work....
ACHMETHA] i.e. Ecbatana in Media....
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...
AT ACHMETHA. — That is, Ecbatana, the Median capital of Cyrus. It is probable that the original roll of parchment had been destroyed at Babylon by Smerdis, but a copy of it was found here, probably in...
וְ הִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בְּ אַחְמְתָ֗א בְּ בִֽירְתָ֛א...
NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRIT Ezra 5:3; Ezra 6:1 IT is in keeping with the character of his story of the returned Jews throughout, that no sooner has the chronicler let a ray of sunshine fall...
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 there was found at (a) Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein [was] a record thus written: (a) In which were the acts of the kings of the Medes and Pe...
Ecbatana. Chaldean achmetha, signifies "a jug, or chest." (Calmet) --- "They found in the chest of the palace, under the inscription of Media." (Munster) (Pagnin) --- "And a roll was found (some add,...
Surely the Lord's hand was in this, for otherwise when the decree of Cyrus was not found in Babylon, what could have prompted the mind of Darius to have had search made for it in another of his provin...
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 THERE WAS FOUND AT ACHMETHA,.... Which Jarchi and Aben Ezra take to be the name of a vessel in which letters and writings were put for safety; but it was no doubt the name of a place; the Vulgate...
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein [was] a record thus written: Ver. 2. _And there was found at Achmetha_] Or Ecbatana. This wa...
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 there was found at Achmetha, the ancient capital of Northern Media and a favorite place of residence with Cyrus, IN THE PALACE, THAT IS IN THE PROVINCE OF THE MEDES, A ROLL, apparently one of parc...
THE FAVORABLE DECREE OF DARIUS...
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...
ACHMETHA: Or, Ecbatana, or in a coffer...
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...
Ezra 6:2 Achmetha H307 palace H1001 province H4083 Media H4076 a H2298 scroll H4040 found H7912 (H8728) it...
THE KING INITIATES A SEARCH AND DISCOVERS THE DECREE OF CYRUS, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH IS REVEALED (EZRA 6:1). Ezra 6:1 ‘Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the arc...
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 search was made in the house of the rolls._ THE SEARCH FOR THE DECREE OF CYRUS Learn-- 1. Honest and thorough investigation promotes the interests of religion and of the Church of God. 2. The...
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...
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 DISCOVERY OF THE DECREE OF CYRUS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TEMPLE, AND RECITATION OF ITS EXACT TERMS ...
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...
Achmetha — The royal city of the Medes and Persians....