Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter. People Apharesachites, Apharsachites, Cyrus, Darius, Haggai, Iddo, Jeshua, Jozadak, Nebuchadnezzar, Shealtiel, Sheshbazzar, Shethar, Shetharboznai, Tatnai, Zechariah, ZerubbabelPlaces Babylon, Babylonia, Beyond the River, JerusalemTopics Archives, Babylon, Build, Building, Business, Conducted, Connection, Cyrus, Decision, Decree, Fact, Issue, Issued, Jerusalem, King's, Matter, Order, Orders, Pleases, Pleasure, Rebuild, Rebuilding, Royal, Search, Seem, Seemeth, Seems, Store-house, Treasure, Treasure-house, WhetherOutline 1. Zerubbabel and Jeshua, incited by Haggai and Zechariah, set forward to building3. Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai are not able to hinder the Jews6. Their letter to Darius against the JewsJump to Previous Babylon Build Conducted Cyrus Decree Good House Issued Jerusalem King's Matter Pleases Pleasure Search Seem Seemeth Treasure Treasure-House WhetherJump to Next Babylon Build Conducted Cyrus Decree Good House Issued Jerusalem King's Matter Pleases Pleasure Search Seem Seemeth Treasure Treasure-House WhetherLibrary Ezra-Nehemiah
Some of the most complicated problems in Hebrew history as well as in the literary criticism of the Old Testament gather about the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Apart from these books, all that we know of the origin and early history of Judaism is inferential. They are our only historical sources for that period; and if in them we have, as we seem to have, authentic memoirs, fragmentary though they be, written by the two men who, more than any other, gave permanent shape and direction to Judaism, then …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old TestamentParallel Verses NASB: "Now if it pleases the king, let a search be conducted in the king's treasure house, which is there in Babylon, if it be that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to rebuild this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send to us his decision concerning this matter."KJV: 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 house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
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