Ezra 6:1
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.
Ezra 6:1 in other translations
| BSB | Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon. |
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| WEB | Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon, |
| DARBY | Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. |
| BBE | Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Ezra 6:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Ezr 6:1-12. Darius' Decree for Advancing the Building.
1. Darius the king--This was Darius Hystaspes. Great and interesting light has been thrown on the history of this monarch and the transaction of his reign, by the decipherment of the cuneatic inscriptions on the rocks at Behistun. in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon--An idea of the form of this Babylonian register house, as well as the manner of preserving public records within its repositories, can be obtained from the discoveries at Nineveh. Two small chambers were discovered in the palace of Koyunjik, which, from the fragments found in them, Mr. Layard considers "as a house of the rolls." After reminding his readers that the historical records and public documents of the Assyrians were kept on tablets and cylinders of baked clay, many specimens of which have been found, he goes on to say, "The chambers I am describing appear to have been a depository in the palace of Nineveh for such documents. To the height of a foot or more from the floor they were entirely filled with them; some entire, but the greater part broken into many fragments, probably by the falling in of the upper part of the building. They were of different sizes; the largest tablets were flat, and measured about nine inches by six and a half inches; the smaller were slightly convex, and some were not more than an inch long, with but one or two lines of writing. The cuneiform characters on most of them were singularly sharp and well-defined, but so minute in some instances as to be almost illegible without a magnifying glass. These documents appear to be of various kinds. The documents that have thus been discovered in the house of rolls' at Nineveh probably exceed all that have yet been afforded by the monuments of Egypt, and when the innumerable fragments are put together and transcribed, the publication of these records will be of the greatest importance to the history of the ancient world" [Nineveh and Babylon].Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
Darius orders search to be made for the edict of Cyrus, Ezr 6:1. It is found at Achmetha, Ezr 6:2. A transcript of this edict, Ezr 6:3-5. Darius confirms it, Ezr 6:6-12. Tatnai encourages the Jews to proceed; and they finish the temple in the sixth year of Darius, Ezr 6:13-15. They dedicate the temple, Ezr 6:16-18; keep the Passover, Ezr 6:19-21, and the feast of unleavened bread, Ezr 6:22. Verse 1 In the house of the rolls - בית ספריא beith siphraiya, the house of the books, the king's library. This is the first time we hear of a library.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 6:1-12
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Ezra 6:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezra 6:1
- Ezra 5:17
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.
- Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
- Ezra 4:15
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
- Jeremiah 36:2-4
Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
- Revelation 5:1
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
- Jeremiah 36:20-23
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
- Ezra 4:19
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
- Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- Ezekiel 2:9
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
- Psalms 40:7
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
- Jeremiah 36:32
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
- Jeremiah 36:29
And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13 By the help of Tatnai and Shethar-boznai, according to the decree, the temple is finished.
16 The feast of the dedication is kept;
19 and the passover.
and search.
4:15,19; 5:17; Job 29:16; Pr 25:2
rolls. Chal. books.
Ps 40:7; Jer 36:2-4,20-23,29,32; Eze 2:9; 3:1; Re 5:1
laid up. Chal. made to descend.
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Context
- Ezra 6:1
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.
- Ezra 6:2
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
Ezra 6:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ENTONCES el rey Darío dió mandamiento, y buscaron en la casa de los libros, donde guardaban los tesoros allí en Babilonia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Alors le roi Darius donna ordre, et on chercha dans la maison des archives où étaient déposés les trésors, à Babylone. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da gab der König Darius Befehl, und man suchte nach in dem Urkundenhause, worin man die Schätze niederlegte zu Babel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tunc Darius rex præcepit: et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone. |