Chapter 6
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and search Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 5:17; Job 29:16; Prov 25:2
rolls Chal, books, Ps 40:7; Jer 36:2-4, Jer 36:20-23, Jer 36:29, Jer 36:32; Ezek 2:9, Ezek 3:1; Rev 5:1
laid up Chal, made to descend
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at Achmetha or, at Ecbatana, or, in a coffer, ΰηξϊΰ H712, probably from the Persian Mx, kham, "a house for a summer residence," with a prefix, ΰ, aleph, and the Chaldee termination )t, tha, 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, 750 miles from Seleucia the Great, 20 miles from the Caspian passes, 450 miles from Susa, and the same from Gaze Atropatene, and in lat. 37 degrees 45 min., long. 88 degrees, according to Ptolemy. The building of the city is ascribed to Semiramis by Diodorus, but to Deioces by Eusebius (in Chron. Ezra 1:1), and Herodotus, who states that it was surrounded by seven walls, strong and ample, built in circles one within another, rising each above each by the height of their respective battlements; each being distinguished by a different colour, the first white, the second black, the third purple, the fourth blue, the fifth orange, the sixth plated with silver, and the seventh with gold. The largest of these was nearly the extent of Athens, i.e., 200 furlongs, according to Dion Chrysostom; but Diodorus Siculus states the circumference of Ecbatana to be 250 furlongs. Within the inner circle stood the king's palace and the royal treasury, so much celebrated for its splendour and riches by Polybius. It is highly probable, as D'Anville and Major Rennel suppose, that the present Hamadan, whose ruins attest its former splendour, occupies the site of Ecbatana. It is situated in Al Gebal, at the foot of the lofty mountain Alwend, about 80 leagues from Ispahan, and also from Bagdad.
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the first year Ezra 1:1-4, Ezra 5:13-15; 2Chr 36:22-23
the place Deut 12:5-6, Deut 12:11-14; 2Chr 2:6; Ps 122:4
the height 1Kgs 6:2-3; 2Chr 3:3-4; Ezek 41:13-15; Rev 21:16
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three rows 1Kgs 6:36
the expenses Ezra 7:20-23; Ps 68:29, Ps 72:10; Isa 49:23, Isa 60:6-10; Rev 12:16
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the golden Ezra 1:7-8, Ezra 5:14; Jer 27:16, Jer 27:18-22; Dan 1:2, Dan 5:2
which Nebuchadnezzar 2Kgs 24:13, 2Kgs 25:14-15; 2Chr 36:6-7, 2Chr 36:10, 2Chr 36:18; Jer 52:19
brought Chal, go
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Tatnai Ezra 5:3
your companions Chal, their societies, Ezra 5:6
be ye far Gen 32:28, Gen 43:14; Neh 1:11; Ps 76:10; Prov 21:1, Prov 21:30; Isa 27:8; Acts 4:26-28; Rom 8:31
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Let the work Acts 5:38-39
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I make a decree Chal, by me a decree is made
the king's Ezra 6:4, Ezra 4:16, Ezra 4:20, Ezra 7:15-22; Ps 68:29-31; Hag 2:8
hindered Chal, made to cease, Ezra 4:21, Ezra 4:23, Ezra 5:5
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young bullocks Lev 1:3-5, Lev 1:10, Lev 9:2; Ps 50:9-13
lambs Exod 29:38-42; Num. 28:1-29:40
wheat Lev 2:1-16; Num 15:4-31; 1Chr 9:29
salt Lev 2:13; Mark 9:49
let it be given Isa 49:23
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sweet savours Chal, rest, Gen 8:21; Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13; Eph 5:2
pray Ezra 7:23; Jer 29:7; 1Tim 2:1-2
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whosoever Ezra 7:26
timber Esth 5:4, Esth 7:10
hanged Chal, destroyed
his house 2Kgs 9:37, 2Kgs 10:27; Dan 2:5, Dan 3:29
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caused Exod 20:24; Deut 12:5, Deut 12:11, Deut 16:2; 1Kgs 9:3; 2Chr 7:16; Ps 132:13-14
destroy Ps 5:10, Ps 21:8-10, Ps 137:8-9; Isa 60:12; Obad 1:10; Zech 12:2-4; Acts 5:38-39, Acts 9:5; Rev 19:14-21
I Darius Esth 3:14-15, Esth 8:14
speed Ezra 6:13; Eccl 9:10
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Tatnai Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:23, Ezra 5:6
so they did Esth 6:11; Job 5:12-13; Prov 29:26
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And the elders Ezra 3:8, Ezra 4:3
through Ezra 5:1-2; Hag 1:12-14, Hag 2:2-15; Zech. 2:1-4:14, Zech 6:1-15
finished it Zech 4:9
according Isa 44:28; Hag 1:8
commandment Chal, decree
Cyrus Ezra 6:13, Ezra 1:1-4, Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:13
Artaxerxes This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes, surnamed Μακροχειρ, or 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, am 3540, bc 464, and reigned forty-one years. He is said to have been the most handsome person of his age, and to have been a prince of a very mild and generous disposition. Ezra 7:1
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am 3489, bc 515
Adar Esth 3:7, Esth 3:13, Esth 8:12, Esth 9:1, Esth 9:15, Esth 9:17, Esth 9:19, Esth 9:21
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the children 1Chr 9:2; Neh 7:73
children of the captivity Chal, sons of the transportation, Ezra 4:1
the dedication 1Kgs 8:63; 2Chr 7:5, 2Chr 7:9; John 10:22
with joy Ezra 6:22, Ezra 3:11-12; Deut 12:7; 1Chr 15:28; 2Chr 7:10, 2Chr 30:23, 2Chr 30:26; Neh 8:10, Neh 12:43; Ps 122:1; Phil 4:4; Having set up the worship of God in this dedication, they took care to keep it up, and made the book of Moses their rule, to which they had an eye in this establishment. Though the temple service could not now be performed with so much pomp and plenty as formerly, because of their poverty, yet no doubt it was performed with as much purity and close adherence to the Divine institutions as ever. No beauty is like the beauty of holiness.
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offered Ezra 8:35; Num 7:2-89; 1Kgs 8:63-64; 1Chr 16:1-3; 2Chr 7:5, 2Chr 29:31-35
a sin offering Lev 4:3, Lev 4:13-14, Lev 4:22-23, Lev 4:28; 2Chr 29:21-23
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. 1Kgs 18:31; Luke 22:30; Rev 7:4-8, Rev 21:12
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the priests 1Chr. 23:1-26:32; 2Chr 35:4-5
as it is written Chal, according to the writing, Num 3:6, Num 8:9-26
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the children Ezra 6:16
kept Exod 12:6-36; Josh 5:10; 2Chr. 30:1-35:27
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purified together 2Chr 29:34, 2Chr 30:15-17
killed Exod 12:21; 2Chr 35:11; Heb 7:27
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all such Ezra 9:11; Num 9:6-7, Num 9:10-14; Isa 52:11; Ezek 36:25; 2Cor 6:17, 2Cor 7:1
did eat Exod 12:47-49; Ps 93:5
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the feast Exod 12:15-20, Exod 13:6-7; 2Chr 30:21, 2Chr 35:17; Matt 26:17; 1Cor 5:7-8
turned Ezra 7:27; Prov 16:7, Prov 21:1; John 19:11
the king Darius, as reigning over the country of Assyria, is here called "the king of Assyria." Ezra 6:6-12, Ezra 1:1; 2Kgs 23:29; 2Chr 33:11; Zech 10:10-11
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and search Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 5:17; Job 29:16; Prov 25:2
rolls Chal, books, Ps 40:7; Jer 36:2-4, Jer 36:20-23, Jer 36:29, Jer 36:32; Ezek 2:9, Ezek 3:1; Rev 5:1
laid up Chal, made to descend
2
at Achmetha or, at Ecbatana, or, in a coffer, ΰηξϊΰ H712, probably from the Persian Mx, kham, "a house for a summer residence," with a prefix, ΰ, aleph, and the Chaldee termination )t, tha, 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, 750 miles from Seleucia the Great, 20 miles from the Caspian passes, 450 miles from Susa, and the same from Gaze Atropatene, and in lat. 37 degrees 45 min., long. 88 degrees, according to Ptolemy. The building of the city is ascribed to Semiramis by Diodorus, but to Deioces by Eusebius (in Chron. Ezra 1:1), and Herodotus, who states that it was surrounded by seven walls, strong and ample, built in circles one within another, rising each above each by the height of their respective battlements; each being distinguished by a different colour, the first white, the second black, the third purple, the fourth blue, the fifth orange, the sixth plated with silver, and the seventh with gold. The largest of these was nearly the extent of Athens, i.e., 200 furlongs, according to Dion Chrysostom; but Diodorus Siculus states the circumference of Ecbatana to be 250 furlongs. Within the inner circle stood the king's palace and the royal treasury, so much celebrated for its splendour and riches by Polybius. It is highly probable, as D'Anville and Major Rennel suppose, that the present Hamadan, whose ruins attest its former splendour, occupies the site of Ecbatana. It is situated in Al Gebal, at the foot of the lofty mountain Alwend, about 80 leagues from Ispahan, and also from Bagdad.
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the first year Ezra 1:1-4, Ezra 5:13-15; 2Chr 36:22-23
the place Deut 12:5-6, Deut 12:11-14; 2Chr 2:6; Ps 122:4
the height 1Kgs 6:2-3; 2Chr 3:3-4; Ezek 41:13-15; Rev 21:16
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three rows 1Kgs 6:36
the expenses Ezra 7:20-23; Ps 68:29, Ps 72:10; Isa 49:23, Isa 60:6-10; Rev 12:16
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the golden Ezra 1:7-8, Ezra 5:14; Jer 27:16, Jer 27:18-22; Dan 1:2, Dan 5:2
which Nebuchadnezzar 2Kgs 24:13, 2Kgs 25:14-15; 2Chr 36:6-7, 2Chr 36:10, 2Chr 36:18; Jer 52:19
brought Chal, go
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Tatnai Ezra 5:3
your companions Chal, their societies, Ezra 5:6
be ye far Gen 32:28, Gen 43:14; Neh 1:11; Ps 76:10; Prov 21:1, Prov 21:30; Isa 27:8; Acts 4:26-28; Rom 8:31
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Let the work Acts 5:38-39
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I make a decree Chal, by me a decree is made
the king's Ezra 6:4, Ezra 4:16, Ezra 4:20, Ezra 7:15-22; Ps 68:29-31; Hag 2:8
hindered Chal, made to cease, Ezra 4:21, Ezra 4:23, Ezra 5:5
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young bullocks Lev 1:3-5, Lev 1:10, Lev 9:2; Ps 50:9-13
lambs Exod 29:38-42; Num. 28:1-29:40
wheat Lev 2:1-16; Num 15:4-31; 1Chr 9:29
salt Lev 2:13; Mark 9:49
let it be given Isa 49:23
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sweet savours Chal, rest, Gen 8:21; Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13; Eph 5:2
pray Ezra 7:23; Jer 29:7; 1Tim 2:1-2
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whosoever Ezra 7:26
timber Esth 5:4, Esth 7:10
hanged Chal, destroyed
his house 2Kgs 9:37, 2Kgs 10:27; Dan 2:5, Dan 3:29
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caused Exod 20:24; Deut 12:5, Deut 12:11, Deut 16:2; 1Kgs 9:3; 2Chr 7:16; Ps 132:13-14
destroy Ps 5:10, Ps 21:8-10, Ps 137:8-9; Isa 60:12; Obad 1:10; Zech 12:2-4; Acts 5:38-39, Acts 9:5; Rev 19:14-21
I Darius Esth 3:14-15, Esth 8:14
speed Ezra 6:13; Eccl 9:10
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Tatnai Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:23, Ezra 5:6
so they did Esth 6:11; Job 5:12-13; Prov 29:26
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And the elders Ezra 3:8, Ezra 4:3
through Ezra 5:1-2; Hag 1:12-14, Hag 2:2-15; Zech. 2:1-4:14, Zech 6:1-15
finished it Zech 4:9
according Isa 44:28; Hag 1:8
commandment Chal, decree
Cyrus Ezra 6:13, Ezra 1:1-4, Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:13
Artaxerxes This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes, surnamed Μακροχειρ, or 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, am 3540, bc 464, and reigned forty-one years. He is said to have been the most handsome person of his age, and to have been a prince of a very mild and generous disposition. Ezra 7:1
15
am 3489, bc 515
Adar Esth 3:7, Esth 3:13, Esth 8:12, Esth 9:1, Esth 9:15, Esth 9:17, Esth 9:19, Esth 9:21
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the children 1Chr 9:2; Neh 7:73
children of the captivity Chal, sons of the transportation, Ezra 4:1
the dedication 1Kgs 8:63; 2Chr 7:5, 2Chr 7:9; John 10:22
with joy Ezra 6:22, Ezra 3:11-12; Deut 12:7; 1Chr 15:28; 2Chr 7:10, 2Chr 30:23, 2Chr 30:26; Neh 8:10, Neh 12:43; Ps 122:1; Phil 4:4; Having set up the worship of God in this dedication, they took care to keep it up, and made the book of Moses their rule, to which they had an eye in this establishment. Though the temple service could not now be performed with so much pomp and plenty as formerly, because of their poverty, yet no doubt it was performed with as much purity and close adherence to the Divine institutions as ever. No beauty is like the beauty of holiness.
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offered Ezra 8:35; Num 7:2-89; 1Kgs 8:63-64; 1Chr 16:1-3; 2Chr 7:5, 2Chr 29:31-35
a sin offering Lev 4:3, Lev 4:13-14, Lev 4:22-23, Lev 4:28; 2Chr 29:21-23
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. 1Kgs 18:31; Luke 22:30; Rev 7:4-8, Rev 21:12
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the priests 1Chr. 23:1-26:32; 2Chr 35:4-5
as it is written Chal, according to the writing, Num 3:6, Num 8:9-26
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the children Ezra 6:16
kept Exod 12:6-36; Josh 5:10; 2Chr. 30:1-35:27
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purified together 2Chr 29:34, 2Chr 30:15-17
killed Exod 12:21; 2Chr 35:11; Heb 7:27
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all such Ezra 9:11; Num 9:6-7, Num 9:10-14; Isa 52:11; Ezek 36:25; 2Cor 6:17, 2Cor 7:1
did eat Exod 12:47-49; Ps 93:5
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the feast Exod 12:15-20, Exod 13:6-7; 2Chr 30:21, 2Chr 35:17; Matt 26:17; 1Cor 5:7-8
turned Ezra 7:27; Prov 16:7, Prov 21:1; John 19:11
the king Darius, as reigning over the country of Assyria, is here called "the king of Assyria." Ezra 6:6-12, Ezra 1:1; 2Kgs 23:29; 2Chr 33:11; Zech 10:10-11