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Verse Ezra 5:8. _WITH GREAT STONES_] They are making a very _strong_
and a very _costly_ building....
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GREAT STONES - literally, as in the margin; i. e., stones so large
that they were rolled along, not carried. Others translate “polished
stones.”...
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The prophetic ministry of Haggai and Zechariah (Ezra 5:1)_
2. The result of their ministry (Ezra 5:2)
3. Tatnai's interference (Ezra 5:3)
4. The letter to Darius ...
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EZRA 4:24 TO EZRA 5:17. The narrative which was broken off at the end
of Ezra 4:5 is now resumed. There is silence regarding the period 536-
520 B.C.; in 516, however, it is said that the building had...
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PROVINCE. Compare Nehemiah 1:3.
GREAT. rolling: i.e. too heavy to be moved without rolling....
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_the province of Judea_ R.V. THE PROVINCE OF JUDAH. On -the province"
see Ezra 2:1. The A.V. gives the title -Judea", which belongs to a
later time, as the name of a country inhabited by the Jews. It...
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2. A letter is sent to clarify the situation.
TEXT, EZRA 5:6-17
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This is the copy of the letter which Tattenai, the governor of the
province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleague...
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_BE IT KNOWN UNTO THE KING, THAT WE WENT INTO THE PROVINCE OF JUDEA,
TO THE HOUSE OF THE GREAT GOD, WHICH IS BUILDED WITH GREAT STONES, AND
TIMBER IS LAID IN THE WALLS, AND THIS WORK GOETH FAST ON, AN...
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THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE RECOMMENCED
This chapter gives an account of a renewed attempt to rebuild the
Temple, and recites a letter from the Persian officials in Judæa to
the Persian court to enqui...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 5
V1 Haggai and Zechariah (a *descendant of Iddo) were *prophets. They
spoke messages from the God of Israel to the *Jews who were in Jud...
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(3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius....
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TO THE HOUSE OF THE GREAT GOD. — A solemn tribute to the God of the
Jews, which, however, the decree of Cyrus enables us to understand in
this official document. Tatnai probably dwelt at Damascus, and...
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יְדִ֣יעַ ׀ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְ מַלְכָּ֗א
דִּֽי ־אֲזַ֜לְנָא...
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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...
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THE MISSION OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH
Ezra 5:1
It is necessary to read the books of Haggai and Zechariah to see what
difficulties the leaders of the people had to meet, and how much they
needed the hel...
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A study of the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah makes it perfectly
evident that the cessation of the work of building was unworthy of the
men who had commenced. Judged by all human standards they co...
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_Unpolished. Protestants, "great." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "to be
rolled." See Vitruv. x. 6. Septuagint, "choice stones." Kimchi, &c.,
"marble." (Calmet) --- 3 Esdras, "polished and precious stones."
(H...
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The Lord had certainly softened the minds of those men, that though
they sent an accusation against the people to the king, yet the Lord
overruled the inditing of it. When a man's ways please the Lord...
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Whatever happens, they have to go through that which puts faith to the
proof; but their path is ordered by the will of God, and their faith
relies upon Him. In this case they had to wait; but God's ti...
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BE IT KNOWN UNTO THE KING,.... This seems to have been the usual form
of beginning a letter to a king in those days, Ezra 4:12 that we went
into the province of Judea; which from a kingdom was reduced...
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Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to
the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and
timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and...
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_To the house of the great God_ Whom the Jews account the great God,
the God of gods, esteeming all others to be but little, or rather
false gods. And, indeed, thus far the greater part of the Samarit...
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1 Zerubbabel and Shealtiel, incited by Haggai and Zacharie, set
forward the building of the Temple.
3 Tatnai and Shether Boznai could not hinder the Iewes.
6 Their letter to Darius against the Iewes...
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Be it known unto the king that we went into the province of Judea, the
smaller subdivision of Tatnai's satrapy, TO THE HOUSE OF THE GREAT
GOD, WHICH IS BUILDED WITH GREAT STONES, literally, "with ston...
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The Letter of Inquiry Directed To Darius...
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WORK RESUMED AND OPPOSITION RESUMED
(vv. 1-5)
The initiative for resuming the work had come from the Lord who moved
the prophets Haggai and Zechariah to speak in His name to the Jews in
Judah and Je...
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GREAT STONES:
Chald. stones of rolling...
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3-17 While employed in God's work, we are under his special
protection; his eye is upon us for good. This should keep us to our
duty, and encourage us therein, when difficulties are ever so
discourag...
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THE GREAT GOD; whom the Jews account the great God, the God of gods,
esteeming all others to be but little and false gods....
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THE PERSIAN GOVERNOR WRITES TO KING DARIUS CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF
THE TEMPLE AND THE STATEMENT OF THE ELDERS CONCERNING THEIR CASE (EZRA
5:6).
It should be noted how deliberately the writer gives...
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GREAT STONES
Chaldean, stones of rolling....
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CONTENTS: Encouragement of the prophets and the work resumed.
CHARACTERS: Zerubbabel, Haggai, Zechariah, Jeshua, Tattenai, Darius,
Shethar-bozenai.
CONCLUSION: It is a sign that God has mercy in sto...
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Ezra 5:4. _Then said we._ Septuagint: “Then said they unto them.”
Ezra 5:16. _Since that time even until now hath it been in building,
and yet it is not finished._ The chronology of the Persian empire...
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_The copy of the letter that Tatnai._
THE LETTER OF THE KING CONCERNING THE WORK
This letter has three chief divisions.
I. The inquisition of the Persian authorities.
II. The reply of the Jewish l...
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EZRA 5:1 The Work Is Resumed, and Local Officials Seek Confirmation
of Cyrus’s Decree. After a period of inactivity, the leaders resume
work on rebuilding the temple, and provincial officials inquire...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 5:6 Verse Ezra 5:6 introduces the COPY OF THE
LETTER sent by TATTENAI and SHETHAR-BOZENAI to...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 5:8 The PROVINCE OF JUDAH lay within the Persian
province Beyond the River (see also note on 2:69). Tattenai (Ezra 5:6)
served as govern
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] i. The work resumed through the
preaching of Haggai and Zechariah, the prophets (Ezra 5:1). ii. The
workers interrogated by the Persian authorities west of the Euphrat...
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EXPOSITION
RENEWAL OF OPPOSITION ON THE PART OF THE NEIGHBOURING HEATHEN. LETTER
WRITTEN BY THEM AND SENT TO DARIUS ...
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So it tells us here in chapter five,
The prophet Haggai, and the prophet Zechariah, they prophesied unto
the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of
Israel. Then rose up Zerub...
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Daniel 2:47; Daniel 3:26; Daniel 4:2; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 6:26;...
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Great God — And indeed, thus far the greater part of the Samaritans
agreed with them....