Ezra 6:4

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

Ezra 6:4 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
English Standard Version (ESV)
4 with three layers of great stones and one layer of timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury.
New Living Translation (NLT)
4 Every three layers of specially prepared stones will be topped by a layer of timber. All expenses will be paid by the royal treasury.
The Message Bible (MSG)
4 with three courses of large stones topped with one course of timber. The cost is to be paid from the royal bank.
American Standard Version (ASV)
4 with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
4 with three rows of large stones and a row of wood. The king's palace will pay for it.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timber. The cost is to be paid from the royal treasury.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
4 Its walls must have three layers of large stones. They must also have a layer of beautiful wood. Use money from the royal treasures to pay for everything.

Ezra 6:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:4

With three rows of great stones
Which Jarchi interprets of the walls of it, and these stones of marble; and so Ben Melech:

and a row of new timber;
of cedar wood upon the rows of stone, see ( 1 Kings 6:36 ) or for the lining and wainscoting the walls:

and let the expenses be given out of the king's house;
treasury, or exchequer; but it does not appear that this part of the decree was observed, at least hitherto; but the Jews built at their own expense, and perhaps did not exactly observe the directions given as to the dimensions of the house.

Ezra 6:4 In-Context

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.
6 Now then, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and you other officials of that province, stay away from there.

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