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Selected Verse: Ezra 6:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ezr 6:4 |
Strong Concordance |
With three [08532] rows [05073] of great [01560] stones [069], and a row [05073] of new [02323] timber [0636]: and let the expenses [05313] be given [03052] out of [04481] the king's [04430] house [01005]: |
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King James |
With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The word translated "row" occurs only in this passage. Some regard it as a "course," and suppose that after every three courses of stone there followed a course of timber. Others understand three "storeys" of stone, with a fourth "storey" of woodwork on the summit (compare Kg1 6:5-6). Others consider that Cyrus intended to limit the thickness of the walls, which were not to exceed a breadth of three rows of stone, with an inner wooden wainscotting.
Let the expenses be given out of the king's house - i. e., "out of the Persian revenue," a portion of the decree which was probably not observed during the later years of Cyrus and during the reign of Cambyses, and hence the burthen fell upon the Jews themselves Ezr 2:68-69. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber - We have noticed this kind of building before, three courses of stones, and then a course of strong balk; and this continued to the square of the building.
And let the expenses be given - Cyrus had ordered wood to be cut at Libanus, and conveyed to Joppa at his expense; but it does not appear that he furnished the other expenses of the building, for we have already seen that the Jews contributed for the defraying of all others. But it appears that he provided at his own expense the sacrifices and offerings for the temple. See Ezr 6:9. |
68 And some of the chief [07218] of the fathers [01], when they came [0935] to the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] which is at Jerusalem [03389], offered freely [05068] for the house [01004] of God [0430] to set it up [05975] in his place [04349]:
69 They gave [05414] after their ability [03581] unto the treasure [0214] of the work [04399] threescore [08337] [07239] and one thousand [0505] drams [01871] of gold [02091], and five [02568] thousand [0505] pound [04488] of silver [03701], and one hundred [03967] priests [03548]' garments [03801].
5 And against the wall [07023] of the house [01004] he built [01129] chambers [03326] [03326] round about [05439], against the walls [07023] of the house [01004] round about [05439], both of the temple [01964] and of the oracle [01687]: and he made [06213] chambers [06763] round about [05439]:
6 The nethermost [08481] chamber [03326] [03326] was five [02568] cubits [0520] broad [07341], and the middle [08484] was six [08337] cubits [0520] broad [07341], and the third [07992] was seven [07651] cubits [0520] broad [07341]: for without in the wall of [02351] the house [01004] he made [05414] narrowed rests [04052] round about [05439], that the beams should not be fastened [0270] in the walls [07023] of the house [01004].
9 And that which [04101] they have need of [02818], both young [01123] bullocks [08450], and rams [01798], and lambs [0563], for the burnt offerings [05928] of the God [0426] of heaven [08065], wheat [02591], salt [04416], wine [02562], and oil [04887], according to the appointment [03983] of the priests [03549] which are at Jerusalem [03390], let it be [01934] given [03052] them day [03118] by day [03118] without [03809] fail [07960]: