Ezra 6
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Ezra 6:1-5

1Then King Darius issued a decree, and a 1search was conducted in the 2archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon. 2And in 3Ecbatana, in the fortress which is 4in the province of Media, a scroll was found; and the following was written in it: “Memorandum-- 35In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God in Jerusalem, let the 6temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt, and let 7its foundations be repaired, its height being 8sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, 49with three layers of large stones and 10one layer of timber. And the cost is to be paid from the 11royal treasury. 5Also 12the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned and 13brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.’

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezra 6:1 Ezra 5:17 ↩
  2. 2. Ezra 6:1 Lit house of the books ↩
  3. 3. Ezra 6:2 Aram Achmetha ↩
  4. 4. Ezra 6:2 2 Kin 17:6 ↩
  5. 5. Ezra 6:3 Ezra 1:1; 5:13 ↩
  6. 6. Ezra 6:3 Lit house ↩
  7. 7. Ezra 6:3 Or perhaps offerings by fire be offered ↩
  8. 8. Ezra 6:3 About 90 ft. or 27 m ↩
  9. 9. Ezra 6:4 1 Kin 6:36 ↩
  10. 10. Ezra 6:4 As in LXX; Aram a layer of new timber ↩
  11. 11. Ezra 6:4 Lit king’s house ↩
  12. 12. Ezra 6:5 Ezra 1:7; 5:14 ↩
  13. 13. Ezra 6:5 Lit go ↩

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