Ezra 6:1

CHAPTER VI

Darius orders search to be made for the edict of Cyrus, 1.

It is found at Achmetha, 2.

A transcript of this edict, 3-5.

Darius confirms it, 6-12.

Tatnai encourages the Jews to proceed; and they finish the

temple in the sixth year of Darius, 13-15.

They dedicate the temple, 16-18;

keep the Passover, 19-21,

and the feast of unleavened bread, 22.

NOTES ON CHAP. VI

Verse Ezra 6:1. In the house of the rolls] בית ספריא beith siphraiya, the house of the books, the king's library. This is the first time we hear of a library.