Ezra 6:10

Ezra 6:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
• New International Version (NIV)so that they may offer sacrifices pleasing to the God of heaven and pray for the well-being of the king and his sons.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that they may offer sacrifices of sweet aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

Context of Ezra 6:10

8“I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. 9Whatever is needed – whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by the priests who are in Jerusalem – must be given to them daily without any neglect, so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family. 11“I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled on it, and his house is to be reduced to a rubbish heap for this indiscretion. 12May God who makes his name to reside there overthrow any king or nation who reaches out to cause such change so as to destroy this temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given orders. Let them be carried out with precision!”

Ezra 6:10 word by word

דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֹ֧ן מְהַקְרְבִ֛ין נִיחוֹחִ֖ין לֶאֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֑א וּמְצַלַּ֕יִן לְחַיֵּ֥י מַלְכָּ֖א וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That they may offerקְרֵבqerêb · to approachH7127
• That they may offerהֲוָאhâvâ' hâvâh · to beH1934
• sacrifices of sweet savoursנִיחוֹחַnîychôach nîychôach · soothingH5208
• unto the Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• of heavenשָׁמַ֫יִןshâmayin · heavenH8065
• and prayצְלָאtselâ' · to prayH6739
• for the lifeחַיchay · livingH2417
• of the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• and of his sonsבֵּןbên · sonH1123

Cross-references for Ezra 6:10

• Genesis 8:21And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.
• Leviticus 1:9Finally, the one presenting the offering must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.
• Ephesians 5:2and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
• Ezra 7:23Everything that the God of heaven has required should be precisely done for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should there be wrath against the empire of the king and his sons?
• Jeremiah 29:7Work to see that the city where I sent you as exiles enjoys peace and prosperity. Pray to the Lord for it. For as it prospers you will prosper.’
• 1 Timothy 2:1First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,

Commentaries on Ezra 6:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10And pray for the life of the king, and of his sons - Even heathens believed that offerings made in their behalf to the God of the Jews would be available. And this principle has had considerable influence in certain states where there was even a form of religion established by the law, to induce them to tolerate other forms, that the state might have the benefit of their prayers.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10pray for the lives of the king and his sons: In the Cyrus Cylinder, a Persian account of Cyrus's defeat of Babylon, King Cyrus asks, “May all the gods whom I have returned to their sacred cities ask the Babylonian gods Bel and Nebo daily for a long life for me” (see Ezra 1:1–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-108-10. of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river ... expenses be given unto these men--The decree granted them the privilege of drawing from his provincial treasury of Syria, to the amount of whatever they required for the furthering of the work and providing sacrifice for the service of the temple, that the priests might daily pray for the health of the king and the prosperity of the empire.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 6:10

• Church and State
• Citizens
• Intercession
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• King
• Liberality
• Loyalty
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Chaldee language
• Pure
• Temple, the Second
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Gentiles

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