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

2A scroll was found in the palace of Ecbatana, which is in the province of Media. This was written on it: MEMORANDUM 3Date: Cyrus’ first year as king From: King Cyrus Subject: God’s temple in Jerusalem The temple should be rebuilt as a place to offer sacrifices. Its foundation should be laid. It should be 90 feet high and 90 feet wide with three rows of large stones and a row of wood. The king’s palace will pay for it. 5In addition, Cyrus took out of a temple in Babylon the gold and silver utensils that belonged to God’s temple. (Nebuchadnezzar had taken them out of God’s temple in Jerusalem and brought them into a temple in Babylon.) They should be returned to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. You should put each one in God’s temple. 6Governor Tattenai ⌞from the province⌟ west of the Euphrates, Shethar Bozenai, and those of your group (the Persians west of the river): You must stay away from there.

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 courses of finished stones and a course of finished cedar beams.
• Ezra 7:20You may use the king’s treasury to pay for anything else that you must provide for your God’s temple.
• Psalms 68:29Kings will bring you gifts because of your temple high above Jerusalem.
• Psalms 72:10May the kings from Tarshish and the islands bring presents. May the kings from Sheba and Seba bring gifts.
• Isaiah 49:23Then kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens will nurse you. They will bow in front of you with their faces touching the ground. They will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Those who wait with hope for me will not be put to shame.
• Isaiah 60:6“Many camels will cover your ⌞land⌟, young camels from Midian and Ephah. Everyone from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and incense. They will sing the praises of the Lord.
• Revelation 12:16The earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river which had poured out of the serpent’s 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