Ezra 4:24

Ezra 4:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
• New International Version (NIV)Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem ceased, and it was discontinued until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Context of Ezra 4:24

22See that you not neglect this matter. Otherwise, the damage will increase and the royal interests will suffer. 23As soon as the text of King Artaxerxes’s letter was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they immediately went to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them. Now the construction of God’s house in Jerusalem had stopped and remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Ezra 4:24 word by word

בֵּאדַ֗יִן בְּטֵלַת֙ עֲבִידַ֣ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֔א דִּ֖י בִּירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וַהֲוָת֙ בָּֽטְלָ֔א עַ֚ד שְׁנַ֣ת תַּרְתֵּ֔ין לְמַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרָֽס׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenאֱדַ֫יִן'ĕdayin · thenH116
• ceasedבְּטֵלbeţêl · to ceaseH989
• the workעֲבִידָה‛ăbîydâh · serviceH5673
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · houseH1005
• of Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• at Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlêm · JerusalemH3390
• So it ceasedהֲוָאhâvâ' hâvâh · to beH1934
• untoעַד‛ad · tillH5705
• the secondתְּרֵיןterêyn tartêyn · twoH8648
• yearשְׁנָהshenâh · yearH8140
• of the reignמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• of Dariusדָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁdâreyâvêsh · DariusH1868
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• of Persiaפָּרַסpâras · PersiaH6540

Cross-references for Ezra 4:24

• Nehemiah 6:3So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing important work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”
• Job 20:5the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?
• 1 Thessalonians 2:18So we wanted to come to you — even I, Paul, time and again — but Satan hindered us.
• Ezra 5:5But God was watching over the Jewish elders. These men wouldn’t stop them until a report was sent to Darius, so that they could receive written instructions about this matter.
• Ezra 6:1King Darius gave the order, and they searched in the library of Babylon in the archives.
• Haggai 1:15on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

Commentaries on Ezra 4:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24So it ceased unto the second year of - Darius - They had begun in the first year of Cyrus, b.c. 536, to go up to Jerusalem, and they were obliged to desist from the building b.c. 522; and thus they continued till the second year of Darius, b.c. 519. See the chronology in Haggai 1:1; (note) and Zechariah 1:1; (note) and the following chapter, Ezra 5 (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24It ceased - The stoppage of the building by the Pseudo-Smerdis is in complete harmony with his character. He was a Magus, devoted to the Magian elemental worship, and opposed to belief in a personal god. His religion did not approve of temples; and as he persecuted the Zoroastrian so would he naturally be hostile to the Jewish faith. The building was resumed in the second year of Darius (520 B.C.), and was only interrupted for about two years; since the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-24Verses 6-24 It is an old slander, that the prosperity of the church would be hurtful to kings and princes. Nothing can be more false, for true godliness teaches us to honour and obey our sovereign. But where the command of God requires one thing and the law of the land another, we must obey God rather than man, and patiently submit to the consequences. All who love the gospel should avoid all appearance of evil, lest they should encourage the adversaries…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Ezra now continues the story of building the temple from 520 to 515 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Then ceased the work of the house of God--It was this occurrence that first gave rise to the strong religious antipathy between the Jews and the Samaritans, which was afterwards greatly aggravated by the erection of a rival temple on Mount Gerizim.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 4:24

• Artaxerxes
• Bishlam
• Persia
• Temple
• Zechariah (Zecharias)

In the dictionaries

• Darius
• God
• Jerusalem
• Persia
• Persia, Persians
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• House of God
• Certify
• Chaldee language
• Chancellor

Commentaries on Ezra 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings