1 King Dariusordered someone to go through the old records kept in Babylonia. 2 Finally, a scroll6.2 scroll: A roll of paper or special leather used for writing on.was found in Ecbatana, the capital of MediaProvince, and it said:
This official record will show 3 that in the first year Cyruswas king, he gave orders to rebuild God’s temple in Jerusalem, so that sacrifices and offerings could be presented there.6.3 so that … there: One possible meaning for the difficult Aramaic text.It is to be built 27 meters high and 27 meters wide, 4 with one6.4 one: One possible meaning for the difficult Aramaic text.row of wooden beams for each three rows of large stones. The royal treasury will pay for everything. 5 Then the gold and silver things that Nebuchadnezzartook from the temple and brought to Babyloniaare to be returned to their proper places.
King Darius Orders the Work To Continue
6 King Darius sent this message:
Governor Tattenaiof Western Province and Shethar Bozenai, you and your advisors must stay away from the temple. 7 Let the Jewish governor and leaders rebuild it where it stood before. And stop slowing them down!
8 Starting at once, I am ordering you to help the leaders by paying their expenses from the tax money collected in Western Province. 9 And don’t fail to let the priests in Jerusalemhave whatever they need each day so they can offer sacrifices to the God of heaven. Give them young bulls, rams, sheep, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil. 10 I want them to be able to offer pleasing sacrifices to God and to pray for me and my family.
11 If any of you don’t obey this order, a wooden beam will be taken from your house and sharpened on one end. Then it will be driven through your body,6.11 driven through your body: A well-known punishment in the ancient Near East.and your house will be torn down and turned into a garbage dump. 12 I ask the God who is worshiped in Jerusalemto destroy any king or nation who tries either to change what I have said or to tear down his temple. I, Darius, give these orders, and I expect them to be followed carefully.
The Temple Is Dedicated
13 Governor Tattenai, Shethar Bozenai, and their advisors carefully obeyed King Darius. 14 Hg 1.1;Zec 1.1.With great success the Jewish leaders continued working on the temple, while Haggaiand Zechariahencouraged them by their preaching. And so, the temple was completed at the command of the God of Israel and by the orders of kings Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxesof Persia.6.14 Artaxerxes of Persia: See the note at 4.7.15 On the third day of the month of Adar6.15 Adar: The twelfth month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-February to about mid-March.in the sixth year of the rule of Darius,6.15 sixth year … Darius: 515 b.c.the temple was finished.
16 The people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and everyone else who had returned from exile were happy and celebrated as they dedicated God’s temple. 17 One hundred bulls, two hundred rams, and four hundred lambs were offered as sacrifices at the dedication. Also twelve goats were sacrificed as sin offerings for the twelve tribes of Israel. 18 Then the priests and Levites were assigned their duties in God’s temple in Jerusalem, according to the instructions Moseshad written.6.18 Ezra 4.8—6.18 was written in Aramaic, instead of Hebrew like most of the Old Testament.
The Passover
19 Ex 12.1-20.Everyone who had returned from exile celebrated Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.6.19 the first month: Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-March to mid-April.20 The priests and Levites had gone through a ceremony to make themselves acceptable to lead in worship. Then some of them killed Passover lambs for those who had returned, including the other priests and themselves.
21 The sacrifices were eaten by the Israelites who had returned and by the neighboring people who had given up the sinful customs of other nations in order to worship the LordGod of Israel. 22 For seven days they celebrated the Festival of Thin Bread. Everyone was happy because the LordGod of Israel had made sure that the king of Assyria6.22 king of Assyria: Meaning the king of Persia, because Assyria was now part of the Persian Empire.would be kind to them and help them build the temple.
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Darius, king of Persia, ordered a search for the decree of Cyrus and authorized the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, which was finished in the sixth year of his reign (Ezra 6:15).
Babylonia is the land whose king, Nebuchadnezzar, took captives from Judah; the exiles returned from there to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town (Ezra 2:1).
Media is the land whose kings the Lord stirred up against Babylon to destroy it; together with Persia, it had an irrevocable law and a book of chronicles of the kings (Jeremiah 51:11).
Cyrus, king of Persia, decreed the return of the exiled Jews and the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, and returned the vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar (Ezra 1:2).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Darius, king of Persia, ordered a search for the decree of Cyrus and authorized the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, which was finished in the sixth year of his reign (Ezra 6:15).
Darius, king of Persia, ordered a search for the decree of Cyrus and authorized the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, which was finished in the sixth year of his reign (Ezra 6:15).
Zechariah was a prophet who prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem alongside Haggai. Son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, he received the word of the Lord in the second year of Darius (Zechariah 1:1).
Cyrus, king of Persia, decreed the return of the exiled Jews and the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, and returned the vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar (Ezra 1:2).
Darius, king of Persia, ordered a search for the decree of Cyrus and authorized the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, which was finished in the sixth year of his reign (Ezra 6:15).
Persia is the kingdom of Cyrus, the king who said that the Lord, the God of heaven, had given him all the kingdoms of the earth and the task of building a temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 1:2).
Darius, king of Persia, ordered a search for the decree of Cyrus and authorized the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, which was finished in the sixth year of his reign (Ezra 6:15).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).