Ezra 6:4

Ezra 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house:
• New International Version (NIV)with three courses of large stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury.
• English Standard Version (ESV)with three layers of great stones and one layer of timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury.
• New King James Version (NKJV)with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the expenses be paid from the king’s treasury.

Context of Ezra 6:4

2But it was in the fortress of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found with this record written on it: 3In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its original foundations be retained. Its height is to be ninety feet and its width ninety feet, with three layers of cut stones and one of timber. The cost is to be paid from the royal treasury. 5The gold and silver articles of God’s house that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon must also be returned. They are to be brought to the temple in Jerusalem where they belong and put into the house of God. 6Therefore, you must stay away from that place, Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues, the officials in the region.

Ezra 6:4 word by word

נִדְבָּכִ֞ין דִּי־אֶ֤בֶן גְּלָל֙ תְּלָתָ֔א וְנִדְבָּ֖ךְ דִּי־אָ֣ע חֲדַ֑ת וְנִ֨פְקְתָ֔א מִן־בֵּ֥ית מַלְכָּ֖א תִּתְיְהִֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• threeתְּלָתtelâth telâthâh telâthâ' · threeH8532
• rowsנִדְבָּךְnidbâk · layerH5073
• of greatגְּלָלgelâl · greatH1560
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH69
• of newחֲדַ֑תchădâth · newH2323
• timberאָע'â‛ · woodH636
• and let the expensesנִפְקָאniphqâ' · costH5313
• be givenיְהַבyehab · to giveH3052
• out ofמִן־min · fromH4481
• the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · houseH1005

Cross-references for Ezra 6:4

• 1 Kings 6:36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.
• Ezra 7:20You may use the royal treasury to pay for anything else needed for the house of your God.
• Psalms 68:29Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings will bring tribute to you.
• Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and the coasts and islands bring tribute, the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
• Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your guardians and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who put their hope in me will not be put to shame.
• Isaiah 60:6Caravans of camels will cover your land — young camels of Midian and Ephah — all of them will come from Sheba. They will carry gold and frankincense and proclaim the praises of the Lord.
• Revelation 12:16But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.

Commentaries on Ezra 6:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Three 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 the square of the building. And let the expenses be given - Cyrus had ordered wood to be cut at Libanus, and conveyed to Joppa at his expense; but it does not appear that he furnished the other expenses of the building, for we have already seen that the Jews contributed for the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The 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 “storeys” of stone, with a fourth “storey” of woodwork on the summit (compare 1 Kings 6:5-6). Others consider that Cyrus intended to limit the thickness of the walls, which were not to exceed a breadth of three rows of stone, with an inner wooden wainscotting…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The royal treasury will cover all expenses. It may seem surprising that the Persians would do this, but it was their usual practice. They did the same at Sais and Elephantine in Egypt, and at Ur in Mesopotamia. This generosity aimed to ensure loyalty to Persia.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121. Darius the king--This was Darius Hystaspes. Great and interesting light has been thrown on the history of this monarch and the transaction of his reign, by the decipherment of the cuneatic inscriptions on the rocks at Behistun. in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon--An idea of the form of this Babylonian register house, as well as the manner of preserving public records within its repositories, can be obtained from the…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 6:4

• Church and State
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Rulers
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Chaldee language
• Cyrus
• House
• Pure
• Temple, the Second
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Genealogy

Commentaries on Ezra 6

• 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