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.
and search
Ezra 4:15,19 That search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: …
Ezra 5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made …
Job 29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings …
rolls. Chal. books
Psalm 40:7 Then said I, See, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Jeremiah 36:2-4,20-23,29,32 Take you a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I …
Ezekiel 2:9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent to me; and, see, a roll …
Ezekiel 3:1 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, eat that you find; eat this roll, …
Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book …
laid up. Chal. made to descend
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
at Achmetha. or, at Ecbatana, or, in a coffer (Probably from the Persian, kham, 'a house for a summer residence,' with a prefix, aleph, and the Chaldee termination, that, most likely denotes Ecbatana, as the Vulgate and Josephus read, the summer residence of the Persian monarchs. It was situated in a mountainous region at the foot of mount Orontes, or Jasonius, according to Ammianus, on the southern confines of Media and Persia, and according to Pliny,
Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the …
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 foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
the first year
Ezra 1:1-4 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the …
Ezra 5:13-15 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king …
2 Chronicles 36:22,23 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the …
the place
Deuteronomy 12:5,6,11-14 But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all …
2 Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven …
Psalm 122:4 Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony …
the height
1 Kings 6:2,3 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof …
2 Chronicles 3:3,4 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building …
Ezekiel 41:13-15 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate …
Revelation 21:16 And the city lies foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: …
With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king's house:
And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.
the golden
Ezra 1:7,8 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the …
Ezra 5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which …
Jeremiah 27:16,18-22 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus …
Daniel 1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part …
Daniel 5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine…
which Nebuchadnezzar
2 Kings 24:13 And he carried out there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, …
2 Kings 25:14,15 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, …
2 Chronicles 36:6,7,10,18 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him …
Jeremiah 52:19 And the basins, and the fire pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, …
brought. Chal. go
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Tatnai
Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, …
your companions. Chal. their societies
Ezra 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, …
be ye far
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: …
Genesis 43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send …
Nehemiah 1:11 O LORD, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer …
Psalm 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath …
Proverbs 21:1,30 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: …
Isaiah 27:8 In measure, when it shoots forth, you will debate with it: he stays …
Acts 4:26-28 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together …
Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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 in his place.
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
I make a decree. Chal. by me a decree is made. the king's
Ezra 6:4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let …
Ezra 4:16,20 We certify the king that, if this city be built again, and the walls …
Ezra 7:15-22 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors …
Psalm 68:29-31 Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to you…
Haggai 2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, said the LORD of hosts.
hindered. Chal. made to cease
Ezra 4:21,23 Give you now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this …
Ezra 5:5 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, that they …
And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
young bullocks
Leviticus 1:3-5,10 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a …
Leviticus 9:2 And he said to Aaron, Take you a young calf for a sin offering, and …
Psalm 50:9-13 I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds…
lambs
Exodus 29:38-42 Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar; two lambs of …
Numbers 28:1-29:40 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying…
wheat
Leviticus 2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering to the LORD, his offering …
Numbers 15:4 Then shall he that offers his offering to the LORD bring a meat offering …
1 Chronicles 9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all …
salt
Leviticus 2:13 And every oblation of your meat offering shall you season with salt…
Mark 9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall …
let it be given
Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing …
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
sweet savours. Chal. rest
Genesis 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet smell; and the LORD said in his heart, …
Leviticus 1:9,13 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest …
Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us…
pray
Ezra 7:23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently …
Jeremiah 29:7 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried …
1 Timothy 2:1,2 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, …
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
whosoever
Ezra 7:26 And whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, …
timber
Esther 5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good to the king, let the king and …
Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. …
hanged. Chal. destroyed. his house
2 Kings 9:37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field …
2 Kings 10:27 And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of …
Daniel 2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from …
Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, …
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
caused
Exodus 20:24 An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon …
Deuteronomy 12:5,11 But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all …
Deuteronomy 16:2 You shall therefore sacrifice the passover to the LORD your God, …
1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, …
2 Chronicles 7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may …
Psalm 132:13,14 For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation…
destroy
Psalm 5:10 Destroy you them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast …
Psalm 21:8-10 Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall …
Psalm 137:8,9 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, …
Isaiah 60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; …
Obadiah 1:10 For your violence against your brother Jacob shame shall cover you, …
Zechariah 12:2-4 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people …
Acts 5:38,39 And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: …
Acts 9:5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom …
Revelation 19:14-21 And the armies which were in heaven followed him on white horses, …
I Darius
Esther 3:14,15 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province …
Esther 8:14 So the posts that rode on mules and camels went out, being hastened …
speed
Ezra 6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and …
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there …
Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
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.
And the elders
Ezra 3:8 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, …
Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers …
through
Ezra 5:1,2 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo…
Haggai 1:12-14 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, …
Haggai 2:2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, …
Zechariah 2:1-4:14 I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring …
Zechariah 6:1-15 And I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there …
finished it
Zechariah 4:9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his …
according
Isaiah 44:28 That said of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: …
Haggai 1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I …
commandment. Chal. decree. Cyrus
Ezra 6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and …
Ezra 1:1-4 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the …
Ezra 4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So …
Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king …
Artaxerxes (This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes, surnamed Longimanus, or in Persian, Ardsheer deeraz dest, 'Ardsheer the long-handed;' so called, according to the Greeks, from the extra-ordinary length of his hands, but according to the Easterners, from the extent of his dominions. He ascended the Persian throne, A.M.
Ezra 7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, …
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
A.M.
Esther 3:7,13 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year …
Esther 8:12 On one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, on the …
Esther 9:1,15,17,19,21 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth …
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
the children
1 Chronicles 9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelled in their possessions in their …
Nehemiah 7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, …
children of the captivity. Chal. sons of the transportation. See on
Ezra 4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children …
the dedication
1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered …
2 Chronicles 7:5,9 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, …
John 10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
with joy
Ezra 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the …
Ezra 3:11,12 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks to …
Deuteronomy 12:7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice …
1 Chronicles 15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with …
2 Chronicles 7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the …
2 Chronicles 30:23,26 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and …
Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, …
Nehemiah 12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God …
Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
offered
Ezra 8:35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were …
Numbers 7:2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, …
1 Kings 8:63,64 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered …
1 Chronicles 16:1-3 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the middle of the tent …
2 Chronicles 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, …
2 Chronicles 29:31-35 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have consecrated yourselves …
a sin offering
Leviticus 4:3,13,14,22,23,28 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the …
2 Chronicles 29:21-23 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, …
according to (Though the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, with the priests and Levites, formed the bulk of the people, yet many from the other tribes had returned with them from captivity.)
1 Kings 18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes …
Luke 22:30 That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on …
Revelation 7:4-8 And I heard the number of them which were sealed…
Revelation 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates …
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
all such
Ezra 9:11 Which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The …
Numbers 9:6,7,10-14 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of …
Isaiah 52:11 Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing; …
Ezekiel 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: …
2 Corinthians 6:17 Why come out from among them, and be you separate, said the Lord, …
2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves …
did eat
Exodus 12:47-49 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it…
Psalm 93:5 Your testimonies are very sure: holiness becomes your house, O LORD, for ever.
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
the feast
Exodus 12:15-20 Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you …
Exodus 13:6,7 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day …
2 Chronicles 30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the …
2 Chronicles 35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at …
Matthew 26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples …
1 Corinthians 5:7,8 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as …
turned
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which has put such a thing …
Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be …
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: …
John 19:11 Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except …
the king (Darius, as reigning over the country of Assyria, is here called 'the king of Assyria.')
Ezra 6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, …
Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the …
2 Kings 23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king …
2 Chronicles 33:11 Why the LORD brought on them the captains of the host of the king …
Zechariah 10:10,11 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather …
