Ezra 6:4

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 this manner.

Related Commentaries of 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 foll...
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...
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 mo...
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...
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...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

With three rows, etc.] cp. 1 Kings 6:36 , which suggests that these materials were used in the construction of the Court, not of the edifice, of...
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 throughou...
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...
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 indic...
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 h...
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...
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 ki...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Favourable Decree of Darius. B. C. 519....
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...
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 D...
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 ro...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And let the expenses be given out of the king’s house. A believer’s expenses I. What are our expenses? The expenses referred to in the text are...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION DISCOVERY OF THE DECREE OF CYRUS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TEMPLE , AND RECITATION OF ITS EXACT TERMS...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Favorable Decree of Darius
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

with three rows of great stones, the two side-walls and the rear wall being laid up in hewn stones, and a row of new timber , of which the front wal...
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

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:

Related Commentaries of Ezra 6:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 6:4