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

2And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: 3In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house: 5And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. 6Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar–boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

Ezra 6:4 word by word

נִדְבָּכִ֞ין דִּי־אֶ֤בֶן גְּלָל֙ תְּלָתָ֔א וְנִדְבָּ֖ךְ דִּי־אָ֣ע חֲדַ֑ת וְנִ֨פְקְתָ֔א מִן־בֵּ֥ית מַלְכָּ֖א תִּתְיְהִֽב׃Read the interlinear

• 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 6:36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
• Ezra 7:20And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.
• Psalms 68:29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
• Psalms 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
• Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Yhwh: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
• Isaiah 60:6The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of Yhwh.
• Revelation 12:16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his 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