Ezra 6:1
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.
KJV
Tunc Darius rex præcepit : et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone.
Vulgate
Τότε Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔθηκεν γνώμην, καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο ἐν βιβλιοθήκαις ὅπου ἡ γάζα κεῖται ἐν Βαβυλῶνι.
LXX
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.
ASV
בֵּ/אדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖/א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּ/בַקַּ֣רוּ בְּ/בֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗/א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛/א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּ/בָבֶֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This. After this John 2:12-25 He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and there they abode not many days. And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers…
Covers the decree of Cyrus, the return under Zerubbabel, the rebuilding of the Temple, the opposition faced, Ezra's reforms, Nehemiah's rebuilding of the walls, and the story of Esther. Josephus famously claims Alexander the Great was shown the prophecies of Daniel and recognized himself in them.
Cross-references
- Dan 9:25 — Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street
- Ezra 4:15 — That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, an
- Ezra 5:17 — Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this h
- Ezra 7:13 — I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
- Prov 25:2 — It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.