Verse 1

Ezra 6:1

King James Version

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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

בֵּ/אדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖/א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּ/בַקַּ֣רוּ בְּ/בֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗/א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛/א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּ/בָבֶֽל

English Translation

Then Darius the king set a decree, and they made a search in the house of books that is in Babylon.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasur...

2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and the... Focus ↗

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of Go... Focus ↗

4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the k... Focus ↗

5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God (Elohim), which Nebuchadnezzar took f... Focus ↗

6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachi... Focus ↗

7 Let the work of this house of God (Elohim) alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the... Focus ↗

8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house... Focus ↗

9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings... Focus ↗

10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God (Elohim) of heaven, and pray for the li... Focus ↗

11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his... Focus ↗

12 And the God (Elohim) that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that sha... Focus ↗

13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to tha... Focus ↗

14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet... Focus ↗

15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the r... Focus ↗

16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captiv... Focus ↗

17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God (Elohim) an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, f... Focus ↗

18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of Go... Focus ↗

19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. Focus ↗

20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passov... Focus ↗

21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated th... Focus ↗

22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and t... Focus ↗

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