Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits, the first year Ezra 1:1-4 In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying: . . . Ezra 5:13-15 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house of God should be built. . . . 2 Chronicles 36:22,23 But in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, to fulfil the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, king of the Persians: who commanded it to be proclaimed through all his kingdom, and by writing also, saying: . . . the place Deuteronomy 12:5,6,11-14 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: . . . 2 Chronicles 2:6 Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him. Psalm 122:4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. the height 1 Kings 6:2,3 And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height. . . . 2 Chronicles 3:3,4 Now these are the foundations, which Solomon laid, to build the house of God, the length by the first measure sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits. . . . Ezekiel 41:13-15 And he measured the length of the house, a hundred cubits: and the separate building, and the walls thereof, a hundred cubits in length. . . . Revelation 21:16 And the city lieth in a four-square: and the length thereof is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs: and the length and the height and the breadth thereof are equal. Context The Decree of Darius…2And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written. 3In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits,4Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber: and the charges shall be given out of the king's house.… Cross References Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying: Ezra 3:7 And they gave money to hewers of stones and to masons: and meat and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppe, according to the orders which Cyrus king of the Persians had given them. Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house of God should be built. Lexicon In the firstחֲדָ֜ה (ḥă·ḏāh) Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2298: As card, one, single, first, at once year בִּשְׁנַ֨ת (biš·naṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8140: A year of King מַלְכָּ֗א (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king Cyrus, לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ (lə·ḵō·w·reš) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3567: Cyrus -- a person king he כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ (kō·w·reš) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3567: Cyrus -- a person king issued שָׂ֣ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7761: To set, make a decree [concerning] טְעֵם֒ (ṭə·‘êm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2942: Flavor, judgment, account the house בֵּית־ (bêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1005: A house of God אֱלָהָ֤א (’ĕ·lā·hā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's Hebrew 426: God in Jerusalem: בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ (ḇî·rū·šə·lem) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3390: Jerusalem -- the capital city of all Israel Let the house בַּיְתָ֣א (bay·ṯā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's Hebrew 1005: A house be rebuilt יִתְבְּנֵ֔א (yiṯ·bə·nê) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1124: To build as a place אֲתַר֙ (’ă·ṯar) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 870: A place, after for דִּֽי־ (dî-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 1768: Who, which, that, because offering דָבְחִ֣ין (ḏā·ḇə·ḥîn) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1684: To sacrifice sacrifices, דִּבְחִ֔ין (diḇ·ḥîn) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1685: A sacrifice and let its foundations וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי (wə·’uš·šō·w·hî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 787: A foundation be firmly laid. מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין (mə·sō·wḇ·lîn) Verb - Hifil - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5446: To bear, carry (a load) It is to be sixty שִׁתִּ֔ין (šit·tîn) Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 8361: Sixty cubits אַמִּ֣ין (’am·mîn) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 521: A mother, a cubit, a door-base high רוּמֵהּ֙ (rū·mêh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7314: Altitude [and] sixty שִׁתִּֽין׃ (šit·tîn) Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 8361: Sixty cubits אַמִּ֥ין (’am·mîn) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 521: A mother, a cubit, a door-base wide, פְּתָיֵ֖הּ (pə·ṯā·yêh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6613: Open, width Additional Translations In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be built, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof three score cubits, and the breadth thereof three score cubits; In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; In the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the holy house of God that was in Jerusalem, saying,Let the house be built, and the place where they sacrifice the sacrifices. (Also he appointed its elevation, in height sixty cubits; its breadth was of sixty cubits.) In 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, In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree; Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; In the first year of Cyrus the king, the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be built, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations of it be strongly laid; the hight of it sixty cubits, and the breadth of it sixty cubits; In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits; 'In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits; Jump to Previous Breadth Builded Built Cubits Cyrus Decree First Foundations Height Hight House Jerusalem Laid Offer Offered Sacrifices Sixty Strongly Thereof ThreescoreJump to Next Breadth Builded Built Cubits Cyrus Decree First Foundations Height Hight House Jerusalem Laid Offer Offered Sacrifices Sixty Strongly Thereof ThreescoreExternal Links Ezra 6:3 NIVEzra 6:3 NLT Ezra 6:3 ESV Ezra 6:3 NASB Ezra 6:3 ASV Ezra 6:3 Bible Apps Ezra 6:3 Biblia Paralela Ezra 6:3 Chinese Bible Ezra 6:3 French Bible Ezra 6:3 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are as at be being concerning cubits Cyrus decree feet first foundations God height high house In is issued It its Jerusalem King laid Let ninety of offered place present rebuilt retained sacrifices temple the to where wide width year OT History: Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus (Ezr. 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