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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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CYRUS. Compare Ezra 1:1.
BABYLON. Included now with Persia. Compare Ezra 6:1.Nehemiah 13:6....
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_Cyrus the king of Babylon_ Cyrus so called frequently in the
Inscriptions: cf. Artaxerxes king of Babylon, Nehemiah 13:6, and
Darius king of Assyria, Ezra 6:22.
the same _king Cyrus_ R.V. CYRUS THE...
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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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_BUT IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS THE KING OF BABYLON THE SAME KING
CYRUS MADE A DECREE TO BUILD THIS HOUSE OF GOD._
In the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon - i:e., the first year
in which he be...
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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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CYRUS THE KING OF BABYLON] The king of Persia included Babylon within
his dominions: cp. Nehemiah 13:6....
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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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בְּרַם֙ בִּ שְׁנַ֣ת חֲדָ֔ה לְ
כֹ֥ורֶשׁ מַלְכּ
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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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But in the (e) first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king
Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
(e) Read (Ezr_1:1,2)....
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_Built. It did not appear that this edict had been revoked; (Calmet)
nor could it be changed, if it had been passed by the advice of the
Lord. (Haydock)_...
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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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But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king
Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ver. 13. _But in the first year of Cyrus_] _See Trapp on "_ Ezr 1:1
_"_...
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_After that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven_ It was to
punish us for our sins, that we were, for a time, put out of the
possession of this house, and not because the gods of the nations had...
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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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But in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Babylon, the same King
Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God, Ezra 1:1....
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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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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 5:13 However H1297 first H2298 year H8140 Cyrus H3567 king H4430
Babylon H895 King H4430 Cyrus H3567 issued...
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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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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 5:13 These verses repeat information given in Ezra
1:2. The text stops short of claiming that Cyrus had also commanded
that the rebuilding be funded by donations from places in Babyl...
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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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Ezra 1:1; Ezra 6:3; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1...