Ezra 6:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: ”

Ezra 6:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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 “...
Ezra 6:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The King's Reply according his Permission tor the Building to be Continued. Ezra 6:1 . a decree: the actual decree does not begin until Ezra 6:8 . Ezra 6:2 . Achmetha: cf. Tob_3:7; i.e....
Ezra 6:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rows . layers or stories, as in 1 Kings 6:36 . new timber. Should be "timber, one": i.e. one row. In changing the ancient characters into the modern square characters the aleph ('a) in had'a...
Ezra 6:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king's house: Three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber - We have noticed this kind of b...
Ezra 6:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In 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...
Ezra 6:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Completion and Dedication of the Temple This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the Temple, and the completion of the work.
Ezra 6:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRIT Ezra 5:3-17 ; Ezra 6:1-5 IT is in keeping with the character of his story of the returned Jews throughout, that no sooner has the chronicler let a ray of...
Ezra 6:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Prospered in a Difficult Work Ezra 6:1-22 How much depended on the finding of that roll! But God knew where it was, and led them to discover it, and inclined Darius to ratify it. When we are an...
Ezra 6:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

There can be no doubt that Tattenai felt that finding such a decree was unlikely, if not impossible. That the search must have been thorough is indicated by the place where the roll was found. The se...
Ezra 6:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Surely the Lord's hand was in this, for otherwise when the decree of Cyrus was not found in Babylon, what could have prompted the mind of Darius to have had search made for it in another of his provi...
Ezra 6:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

With three rows of great stones ,.... Which Jarchi interprets of the walls of it, and these stones of marble; and so Ben Melech: and a row of new timber ; of cedar wood upon the rows of stone, see...
Ezra 6:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 6:4 [With] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: Ver. 4. Out of the king's house] i.e. Out of the royal revenue in those...
Ezra 6:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Having received the letter from Tattenai, Darius ordered that a search be made in the archives where the treasures were stored in Babylon.There is no doubt that God led the searchers to Achmetha in t...
Ezra 6:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Favourable Decree of Darius. B. C. 519. 1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and se...
Ezra 6:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; as Solomon's temple was built, 1 Kings 6:36 ; whereof Darius was informed by some of the Jews, who also desired that it might be done in...
Ezra 6:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The King Initiates A Search And Discovers The Decree Of Cyrus, The Contents Of Which Is Revealed ( Ezra 6:1-5 ). Ezra 6:1 ‘Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house o...
Ezra 6:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) The search for and discovery of the decree of Cyrus ( Ezra 6:1-5 ). (ii.) The decree of Darius for the furtherance of the building of the T...
Ezra 6:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 6:2 . There was found at Achmetha, that is, Ecbatana, the capital of Media, as in the Vulgate, the city where the archives were kept; a roll of the parchment. Revelation 7:1 . “(?)” [ Re...
Ezra 6:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

And search was made in the house of the rolls. The search for the decree of Cyrus Learn-- 1. Honest and thorough investigation promotes the interests of religion and of the Church of God....
Ezra 6:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION DISCOVERY OF THE DECREE OF CYRUS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TEMPLE , AND RECITATION OF ITS EXACT TERMS ( Ezra 6:1-15 ). The application made by the satr...
Ezra 6:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Favorable Decree of Darius
Ezra 6:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:36 ; Ezra 7:20-23 ; Isaiah 49:23 ; Isaiah 60:6-10 ; Psalms 68:29 ; Psalms 72:10 ; Revelation 12:16

Ezra 6:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezra 6:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 6:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 6:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 6:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 6:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 6:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 6:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 6:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 6:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 6:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 6:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 6:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 6:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 6:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 6:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 6:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 6:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 6:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 6:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 6:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 6:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge