Ezra 6:3

3 In his first year as king, Cyrus issued an official decree regarding The Temple of God in Jerusalem, as follows:

Ezra 6:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:3

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 builded
See ( Ezra 1:1-4 ) ( Isaiah 44:28 ) ,

the place where they offered sacrifices;
to God in times past, ever since it was built by Solomon:

and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid;
so as to bear and support the building erected on them, as the word signifies:

the height thereof sixty cubits;
which were thirty more than the height of Solomon's temple, ( 1 Kings 6:2 ) though sixty less than the height of the porch, which was one hundred and twenty, ( 2 Chronicles 3:4 ) and which some take to be the height of the whole house; and hence it may be observed what Herod said ^F25, that the temple then in being wanted sixty cubits in height of that of Solomon's:

and the breadth thereof sixty cubits;
whereas the breadth of Solomon's temple was but twenty, ( 1 Kings 6:2 ) , but since it cannot reasonably be thought that the breadth should be equal to the height, and so very disproportionate to Solomon's temple; many learned men understand this of the extension of it as to length, which exactly agrees with the length of the former temple, ( 1 Kings 6:2 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 15. c. 11. sect. 1.

Ezra 6:3 In-Context

1 So King Darius ordered a search through the records in the archives in Babylon.

2 Eventually a scroll was turned up in the fortress of Ecbatana over in the province of Media, with this writing on it:

3 In his first year as king, Cyrus issued an official decree regarding The Temple of God in Jerusalem, as follows:

4 with three courses of large stones topped with one course of timber. The cost is to be paid from the royal bank.

5 The gold and silver vessels from The Temple of God that Nebuchadnezzar carried to Babylon are to be returned to The Temple at Jerusalem, each to its proper place; place them in The Temple of God.