Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ezra 6:3
Strongly laid. — “Thy foundation shall be laid” (Isaiah 44:28). The decree adds a word that signifies “with sufficient support.”
Strongly laid. — “Thy foundation shall be laid” (Isaiah 44:28). The decree adds a word that signifies “with sufficient support.”
Verse Ezra 6:3. _THE HEIGHT THEREOF THREESCORE CUBITS_] This was much larger than the temple of Solomon. This was _sixty cubits high_, and _sixty cubits broad_; whereas Solomon's was only _twenty cubi...
It is difficult to reconcile the dimentions here with expressions in Zechariah Zechariah 4:10, Haggai Haggai 2:3, and even Ezra Ezra 3:12, which imply that the second temple was smaller than the first...
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...
FIRST. YEAR OF CYRUS. Compare Ezra 1:1. OFFERED. Chaldee. _deba'h._ Same as Hebrew. _zebach._ App-43....
the same _Cyrus the king_ R.V. CYRUS THE KING. See Ezra 5:13. _made a decree_concerning _the house of God at Jerusalem, Let &c._ R.V. MADE A DECREE; CONCERNING &c., LET &c. The words -concerning the...
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...
_IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS THE KING THE SAME CYRUS THE KING MADE A DECREE CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD AT JERUSALEM, LET THE HOUSE BE BUILDED, THE PLACE WHERE THEY OFFERED SACRIFICES, AND LET THE FOUN...
6:3 decree (a-12) Elsewhere, 'gave orders.'...
THREESCORE CUBITS, etc.] The dimensions here given, which considerably exceed those of Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 6:2), perhaps marked the limits beyond which the builders were not to go....
COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the Temple, and the completion of the work....
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...
בִּ שְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְ כֹ֣ורֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כֹּ֣
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....foundations is not found in Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic, but it is in Chaldean. The temple was thus of larger dimensions than that of Solomon, which was only 30 cubits high, and 20 broad ins...
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...
IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS THE KING; THE SAME CYRUS THE KING MADE A DECREE CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD AT JERUSALEM, LET THE HOUSE BE BUILDED,.... See Ezra 1:1, THE PLACE WHERE THEY OFFERED SACRIFICE...
In the first year of Cyrus the king [the same] Cyrus the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the f...
_The height thereof threescore cubits_ These proportions differ from those of Solomon's temple, which was but thirty cubits high, only the porch was a hundred and twenty cubits high, and but twenty cu...
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...
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they, the Jews, offered sacrifices, and le...
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...
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...
He did not command them to make it so large, for he left the ordering of the proportions of the building to their skill and choice; but he restrained them that they should make it no larger, lest they...
Ezra 6:3 first H2298 year H8140 King H4430 Cyrus H3567 King H4430 Cyrus H3567 issued H7761 (H8754) decree...
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...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 6:3 This record is not identical with the DECREE as recorded in Ezra 1:2. It gives new specifications about the building, its location, its size, and its materials.
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...
1 Kings 6:2; 1 Kings 6:3; 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2 Chronicles 3:3;...
Cubits — Those proportions differ from those of Solomon's temple, which was but thirty cubits high, only the porch was a hundred and twenty cubits high, and but twenty cubits in breadth. Either theref...