English Standard Version
Ezra 6:1
1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.
Ezra 6:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
- New International Version (NIV)King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So King Darius issued orders that a search be made in the Babylonian archives, which were stored in the treasury.
Context of Ezra 6:1
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored. 2And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: "A record. 3In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices were offered, and let its foundations be retained. Its height shall be sixty cubits and its breadth sixty cubits,
Read all of Ezra 6Ezra 6:1 word by word
בֵּאדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּבַקַּ֣רוּ׀ בְּבֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּבָבֶֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenאֱדַ֫יִן'ĕdayin · thenH116
- Dariusדָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁdâreyâvêsh · DariusH1868
- the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
- madeשׂוּםώûm · to set: makeH7761
- a decreeטְעֵםţe‛êm · commandH2942
- and searchבְּקַרbeqar · to enquireH1240
- was made in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · houseH1005
- of the rollsסְפַרsephar · scrollH5609
- whereתַּמָּהtâm · thereH8536
- the treasuresגְּנַזgenaz · treasureH1596
- were laid upנְחֵתnechath · to descendH5182
- in Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH895
Cross-references for Ezra 6:1
- Ezra 4:15in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.
- Ezra 5:17Therefore, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter."
- Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
- Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.
- Psalms 40:7Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
- Jeremiah 36:2"Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.
- Ezekiel 2:9And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
- Ezekiel 3:1And he said to me, "Son of man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel."
- Revelation 5:1Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
Commentaries on Ezra 6:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1In the house of the rolls - ספריא בית beith siphraiya, the house of the books, the king's library. This is the first time we hear of a library.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1A “house of the rolls” was discovered at Koyunjik, the ancient Nineveh, in 1850 - a set of chambers, i. e., in the palace devoted exclusively to the storing of public documents. These were in baked clay, and covered the floor to the depth of more than a foot. Such a “house” was probably that at Babylon.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The decree for completing the temple. (1-12) The temple is finished. (13-22) Verses 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 directed to this event, we are led by Zechariah to fix our regard on a nobler, a spiritual building. The Lord Jesus Christ continues to lay one stone upon another: let us assist…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
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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
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