Ezra 1:1-8; Ezra 6:3-5; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1
But in the (e) first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. (e) Read (Ezr_1:1,2).
Ezra 4:24 to Ezra 5:17 . The narrative which was broken off at the end of Ezra 4:5 is now resumed. There is silence regarding the period 536-...
Cyrus. Compare Ezra 1:1 . Babylon. Included now with Persia. Compare Ezra 6:1 . Nehemiah 13:6 .
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. In the first year of Cyrus t...
The Building of the Temple Recommenced This chapter gives an account of a renewed attempt to rebuild the Temple, and recites a letter from the Per...
Cyrus the king of Babylon ] The king of Persia included Babylon within his dominions: cp. Nehemiah 13:6 .
(3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius.
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...
the Mission of Haggai and Zechariah Ezra 5:1-17 It is necessary to read the books of Haggai and Zechariah to see what difficulties the leaders...
A study of the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah makes it perfectly evident that the cessation of the work of building was unworthy of the men who h...
The Lord had certainly softened the minds of those men, that though they sent an accusation against the people to the king, yet the Lord overruled th...
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon ,.... That is, the first year he was king of Babylon, having taken it, otherwise he was king of P...
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. Ver. 13. But in the first year...
After that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven It was to punish us for our sins, that we were, for a time, put out of the possession of this...
WORK RESUMED AND OPPOSITION RESUMED (vv. 1-5) The initiative for resuming the work had come from the Lord who moved the prophets Haggai and Zech...
The Case Represented to Darius. B. C. 519....
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The Persian Governor Writes To King Darius Concerning The Building Of The Temple And The Statement Of The Elders Concerning Their Case ( Ezra 5:6-17...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] i. The work resumed through the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah, the prophets ( Ezra 5:1-2 ). ii. The workers inte...
Ezra 5:4 . Then said we. Septuagint: “Then said they unto them.” Ezra 5:16 . Since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet i...
The copy of the letter that Tatnai. The letter of the king concerning the work This letter has three chief divisions. I. The inquisition of...
EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF OPPOSITION ON THE PART OF THE NEIGHBOURING HEATHEN . LETTER WRITTEN BY THEM AND SENT TO...
The Letter of Inquiry Directed To Darius
But in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Babylon, the same King Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God, Ezra 1:1 .
13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.