Yǐsīlājì 6:1

1 Yúshì Dàlìwū wáng jiàng zhǐ , yào xún chá diǎn jí kù neì , jiù shì zaì Bābǐlún cáng bǎowù zhī chù .

Yǐsīlājì 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:1

Then Darius the king made a decree
To make inquiry after the edict of Cyrus, to search the public records for it:

and search was made in the house of the rolls;
or "books" ^F18, in a public library or museum:

where the treasures were laid up in Babylon;
where things of worth and value were reposited; not only gold, silver, jewels, and precious stones, and things rare and curious, but all sorts of writings relating to the monarchy, and the dominions belonging to it; but it seems it could not be found here, and therefore the king ordered search to be made elsewhere.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (ayrpo tybb) , (en taiv biblioyhkaiv) , Sept. "in bibliotheca", V. L. "in bibliotheca librorum", Tigurine version; "in domo librorum", Pagninus, Montanus.

Yǐsīlājì 6:1 In-Context

1 Yúshì Dàlìwū wáng jiàng zhǐ , yào xún chá diǎn jí kù neì , jiù shì zaì Bābǐlún cáng bǎowù zhī chù .

2 Zaì Mǐdǐyà shĕng yà mǎ tā chéng de gōng neì xún dé yī juàn , qízhōng jì zhe shuō ,

3 Gǔliè wáng yuán nián , tā jiàng zhǐ lún dào Yēlùsǎlĕng shén de diàn , yào jiànzào zhè diàn wèi xiànjì zhī chù , jiān lì diàn de gēnjī . diàn gāo liù shí zhǒu , kuān liù shí zhǒu ,

4 Yòng sān céng dà shítou , yī céng xīn mùtou , jīngfeì yào chūyú wáng kù .

5 Bìngqiĕ shén diàn de jīn yínqì mǐn , jiù shì Níbùjiǎnísǎ cóng Yēlùsǎlĕng de diàn zhōng lüè dào Bābǐlún de , yào guī hái daì dào Yēlùsǎlĕng de diàn zhōng , gè àn yuán chù fàng zaì shén de diàn lǐ .