Ezra 6:1

The Decree of Darius

1 King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon.

Ezra 6:1 in Other Translations

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.

1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.

1 So King Darius issued orders that a search be made in the Babylonian archives, which were stored in the treasury.

1 So King Darius ordered a search through the records in the archives in Babylon.

1 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.

1 Then King Darius gave the order to search the library where the archives were stored in Babylon.

1 King Darius gave the order, and they searched in the library of Babylon in the archives.

1 King Darius gave an order. He had a search made in the official records that were stored among the treasures at Babylon.

Ezra 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:1

Then Darius the king made a decree
To make inquiry after the edict of Cyrus, to search the public records for it:

and search was made in the house of the rolls;
or "books" ^F18, in a public library or museum:

where the treasures were laid up in Babylon;
where things of worth and value were reposited; not only gold, silver, jewels, and precious stones, and things rare and curious, but all sorts of writings relating to the monarchy, and the dominions belonging to it; but it seems it could not be found here, and therefore the king ordered search to be made elsewhere.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (ayrpo tybb) , (en taiv biblioyhkaiv) , Sept. "in bibliotheca", V. L. "in bibliotheca librorum", Tigurine version; "in domo librorum", Pagninus, Montanus.

Ezra 6:1 In-Context

1 King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon.

2 A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it: Memorandum:

3 In the first year of King Cyrus, the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem: Let the temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices, and let its foundations be laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

4 with three courses of large stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury.

5 Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; they are to be deposited in the house of God.

Cross References

• 1. S Ezra 4:15; Ezra 5:17