Ezra 6:14 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 6:14

So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

BSB

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ASV

And the elders of the Jews builded and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

KJV

And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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Commentary

4 voices

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah (735)

And they built and constructed, etc. He says Artaxerxes, who reigned after Darius, during whose time Ezra ascended from Babylon to Jerusalem. However, it is questioned how it is said that, by order not only of Cyrus and Darius but also Artaxerxes, the house of …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Through the prophesying - This is a seasonable intimation that this great and unexpected success was not to be ascribed to chance, or to the kindness or good humour of Darius, but unto God only, who by his prophets had required and encouraged them to proceed in the work, and by his mighty power disposed Darius's heart to such kind and noble purposes.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

According to the commandment of the God of Israel - He first gave the order, and stirred up the hearts of the following Persian kings to second that order. Of Cyrus - This sovereign gave his orders for the rebuilding of the temple about A.M. 3468. And Darius - Darius Hystaspes confirmed the above orders, A. M. 3485. And Artaxerxes - Artaxerxes Longimanus sent Ezra to Judea with new privileges, A.M. 3547. With the permission of the same king, Nehemiah came to Judea in 3550. The writer recapitulates the different sovereigns who favored the Jews after the Babylonish captivity.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשָׂבֵ֤י	ve.sa.Vei	and [the] elders of	H7868 →
יְהוּדָיֵא֙	ye.hu.da.Ye'	Jews the	H3062 →
בָּנַ֣יִן	ba.Na.yin	[were] building	H1124 →
וּמַצְלְחִ֔ין	u.matz.le.Chin	and prospering	H6744 →
בִּנְבוּאַת֙	bin.vu.'At	by [the] prophesying of	H5017 →
חַגַּ֣י	cha.Gai	Haggai	H2292 →
נְבִיָּ֔א	ne.vi.'ah'	prophet the	H5029 →
וּזְכַרְיָ֖ה	u.ze.khar.Yah	and Zechariah	H2148 →
בַּר־	bar-	[the] son of	H1247 →
עִדּ֑וֹא	i.Do'	Iddo	H5714 →
וּבְנ֣וֹ	u.ve.No	and they built	H1124 →
וְשַׁכְלִ֗לוּ	ve.shakh.Li.lu	and they finished	H3635 →
מִן־	min-	according to	H4481 →
טַ֙עַם֙	ta.'am	[the] decree of	H2942 →
אֱלָ֣הּ	'e.Lah	[the] God of	H426 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3479 →
וּמִטְּעֵם֙	u.mi.te.'Em	and according to [the] decree of	H2942 →
כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ	Ko.resh	Cyrus	H3567 →
וְדָרְיָ֔וֶשׁ	ve.da.re.Ya.vesh	and Darius	H1868 →
וְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא	ve.'ar.tach.Shas.te'	and Artaxerxes	H783 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4430 →
פָּרָֽס׃	pa.Ras	Persia	H6540 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezra 7:1
Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
leads to
- Nehemiah 2:1
  Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad…
- 1 Chronicles 6:4–14
  Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,
- Ezra 7:21
  I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided…
- 2 Kings 22:4
  “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
- Ezra 7:12
  Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
Through
Ezra 4:24
Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
leads to
- Haggai 1:15
  on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.
Through
Ezra 5:13
In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
leads to
- Ezra 1:1–8
  In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout…
- Isaiah 44:28
  who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”