Ezra 6:13

The Temple Finished and Dedicated

13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, ¹Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered.

Ezra 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:13

Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai,
and their companions
Having received and read the above letter:

according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily;
acquainted the Jews with what the king had written; were so far from hindering the work going forward, that they encouraged it; and made disbursements to them out of the king's tribute, and furnished them with everything necessary for sacrifice: and this they did immediately, without delay.

Ezra 6:13 In-Context

11 Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and his house shall be made a dunghill.

12 May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence."

13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered.

14 And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia;

15 and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

Cross References

• 1. [See ver. 6 above]