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Verse Ezra 6:4. _THREE ROWS OF GREAT STONES, AND A ROW OF NEW TIMBER_]
We have noticed this kind of building before, three courses of stones,
and then a course of strong balk; and this continued to th...
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The word translated “row” occurs only in this passage. Some regard
it as a “course,” and suppose that after every three courses of
stone there followed a course of timber. Others understand three
“sto...
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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 (Ezra 6:14)
5. The dedication o...
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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, i...
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ROWS. layers or stories, as in 1 Kings 6:36.
NEW TIMBER. Should be "timber, one": i.e. one row. In changing the
ancient characters into the modern square characters the _aleph_ ('a)
in _had'a_ ("one...
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_a row of new timber_ R.V. marg. -According to the Sept. _one row of
timber_." It has been much disputed what -the three rows of great
stones and the row of timber" can mean. (1) Some explain by three...
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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.
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Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was...
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_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...
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COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the
Temple, and the completion of the work....
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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 called...
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נִדְבָּכִ֞ין דִּי ־אֶ֤בֶן גְּלָל֙
תְּלָתָ֔א וְ נִדְבָּ֖ךְ דִּי ־אָ֣ע
חֲדַ֑ת וְ נִ֨פְקְתָ֔א מִן ־בֵּ֥ית...
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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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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...
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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...
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_Unpolished, to correspond with the polished stones and cedar employed
by Solomon, 3 Kings vi. 36. (Menochius) --- Protestants, "great
stones." See chap. v. 8. --- Charges. It appears that the Jews
fu...
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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...
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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...
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WITH THREE ROWS OF GREAT STONES,.... Which Jarchi interprets of the
walls of it, and these stones of marble; and so Ben Melech:
AND A ROW OF NEW TIMBER; of cedar wood upon the rows of stone, see 1
Ki...
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Ezra 6:4 [With] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber:
and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
Ver. 4. Out of the king's house] i.e. Out of the royal revenue in
those par...
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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...
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THE FAVORABLE DECREE OF DARIUS...
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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...
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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
dir...
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WITH THREE ROWS OF GREAT STONES, AND A ROW OF NEW TIMBER; as Solomon's
temple was built, 1 KINGS 6:36; whereof Darius was informed by some of
the Jews, who also desired that it might be done in this m...
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Ezra 6:4 three H8532 rows H5073 heavy H1560 stones H69 row H5073 new
H2323 timber H636 expenses H5313 paid H3052 (H8725) from H4481 kings
H4430 treasury H1005
three rows - 1 Kings 6:36
the expenses -...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
DISCOVERY OF THE DECREE OF CYRUS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TEMPLE, AND
RECITATION OF ITS EXACT TERMS (Ezra 6:1).
The application made by the satrap of Syria to Darius received his
immediate at...
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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...
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1 Kings 6:36; Ezra 7:20; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:6; Psalms 68:29;
Psalms 72:10; Revelation 12:16...