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Ezra 6:12

Ezra 6:12 God H426 name H8036 dwell H7932 (H8745) there H8536 destroy H4049 (H8741) any H3606 king H4430 people H5972 put H7972 (H8748) hand H3028 alter H8133 (H8682) destroy H2255 (H8742) this H1791 house H1005 God H426 Jerusalem H3390 I H576 Darius H1868 issue H7761 (H8754) decree H2942 done H5648 (H8725) diligently H629

caused - Exodus 20:24; Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 16:2; 1 Kings 9:3; 2 Chronicles 7:16; Psalms 132:13-14

destroy - Psalms 5:10, Psalms 21:8-10, Psalms 137:8-9; Isaiah 60:12; Obadiah 1:10; Zechariah 12:2-4; Acts 5:38-39, Acts 9:5; Revelation 19:14-21

I Darius - Esther 3:14-15, Esther 8:14

speed - Ezra 6:13; Ecclesiastes 9:10

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See also Ezra 6:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    DESTROY ALL - A similar malediction is found at the end of the great inscription of this same king Darius at Behistun: If anyone injures the tablet which he has set up, he prays that Ormazd will be th...

  • 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 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALTER. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6): "alter [this decree]"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And the God that hath caused his name_, &c. A Hebrew phrase (see Deu 12:11; 1 Kings 8:29; Nehemiah 1:9; Jeremiah 7:12) introduced by the Jewish Compiler into his paraphrase of Darius's decree. destro...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. Darius-' decree ordering the reconstruction. TEXT, EZRA 6:6-12 6 Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues, the officials of the pr...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE GOD THAT HATH CAUSED HIS NAME TO DWELL THERE DESTROY ALL KINGS AND PEOPLE, THAT SHALL PUT TO THEIR HAND TO ALTER AND TO DESTROY THIS HOUSE OF GOD WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM. I DARIUS HAVE MADE A D...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TO ALTER] i.e. the decree....

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וֵֽ אלָהָ֞א דִּ֣י שַׁכִּ֧ן שְׁמֵ֣הּ תַּמָּ֗ה...

  • 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 the God that hath caused his name (e) to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter [and] to destroy this house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. I Darius have m...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • 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 THE GOD THAT HATH CAUSED HIS NAME TO DWELL THERE,.... Whose name is not only called upon there, and that called by his name; but who grants his presence, and causes his Shechinah, or divine Majest...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter [and] to destroy this house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. I Darius have made...

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

    _The God that hath caused his name to dwell there_ Who hath willed that a temple should be built there, called the temple or house of Jehovah. _Destroy all kings and people that shall put to their han...

  • 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 the God that hath caused His name to dwell there destroy all kings and people that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem, the Temple should be inv...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE FAVORABLE DECREE OF DARIUS...

  • 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

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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 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 6:11 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...

  • 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 DISCOVERY OF THE DECREE OF CYRUS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TEMPLE, AND RECITATION OF ITS EXACT TERMS ...

  • 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 Kings 9:3; 2 Chronicles 7:16; Acts 5:38; Acts 5:39; Acts 9:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Destroy — Tho' this temple was at length most justly destroyed by the righteous hand of God, yet perhaps the Romans, who were the instruments of that destruction, felt the effects of this curse. For t...

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