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Ezra 5:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be searchb 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.

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Ezra 6:1‑2• ¹Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
²And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written: (Ezra 6:1‑2)

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A.M. 3485.

B.C. 519.

let there be.

Ezra 4:15,19• ¹⁵that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed.
¹⁹And I gave orders, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city of old time has made insurrection against the kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been raised therein. (Ezra 4:15,19)

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Ezra 6:1‑2• ¹Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
²And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written: (Ezra 6:1‑2)

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Prov. 25:2• ²It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing. (Prov. 25:2)

a decree.

Ezra 6:3‑5• ³In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be solidly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,
⁴with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
⁵and also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple that is at Jerusalem, in their place; and thou shalt put them in the house of God. (Ezra 6:3‑5)

• Interestingly, upon receipt of the king’s reply, the adversaries agree to submit to the will of the king, but as to God’s will, that they do not acknowledge (Ezra 5:17). (“The Enemy's Second Letter - Ezra 5:6-17” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king’s treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that orders were given by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.