Ezra 6:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 6:1

The Decree of Darius

1 Then King Darius issued a decree, ^aand a search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

2 And at¹ Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of ^aMedia, a scroll was found, and in it a record was written thus:

3 In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a ^adecree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: “Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits,

4 ^awith three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the ^bexpenses be paid from the king’s treasury.

5 Also let ^athe gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit them in the house of God”—

6 ^aNow therefore, Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and your companions the Persians who are beyond the River, keep yourselves far from there.

7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site.

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American Standard Version
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

Amplified® Bible
THEN KING Darius [I] decreed, and a search was made in Babylonia in the house where the treasured records were stored.

Contemporary English Version
King Darius ordered someone to go through the old records kept in Babylonia.

Darby English Version
Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

Good News Bible
So Emperor Darius issued orders for a search to be made in the royal records that were kept in Babylon.

King James Version
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

New American Standard Bible
Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

New International Version
King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon.

New King James Version
Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then King Darius issued a decree, and ordered a search made in the archives, where kings had stored the treasures in Babylon.

Revised Standard Version
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.

Young's Literal Translation
Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,

New English Translation
So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives¹ of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.

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