Ezra 6:1

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.
• 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.

Context of Ezra 6:1

So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon. 2A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows: “Memorandum: 3In the first year of his reign, King Cyrus gave orders concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem: ‘Let the temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered. Let its foundations be set in place. Its height is to be ninety feet and its width ninety feet,

Ezra 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 4:15so that he may initiate a search of the records of his predecessors and discover in those records that this city is rebellious and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts from long ago. It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.
• Ezra 5:17“Now if the king is so inclined, let a search be conducted in the royal archives there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”
• Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
• Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.
• Psalms 40:7Then I say, “Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.
• Jeremiah 36:2“Get a scroll. Write on it everything I have told you to say about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations since I began to speak to you in the reign of Josiah until now.
• Ezekiel 2:9Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.
• Ezekiel 3:1He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you see in front of you – eat this scroll – and then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
• Revelation 5:1Then I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back and 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

Topics related to Ezra 6:1

• Church and State
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Rulers
• Treasure-Houses

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Darius
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Chaldee language
• Pure
• Roll
• Temple, the Second
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Archives
• Bible, the

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