Esdras 6:22

22 Durante siete días celebraron con mucho gozo la fiesta de los Panes sin levadura, porque el SEÑOR les había devuelto la alegría y había hecho que el rey de Persia^[a] los ayudara y permitiera reconstruir el templo del Dios de Israel.

Esdras 6:22 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:22

And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy,
&c.] Which immediately followed upon the passover, ( Exodus 12:18 Exodus 12:19 ) ,

for the Lord had made them joyful;
the building of the temple being finished, and the service of it restored to its original purity;

and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen
their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel;
by giving them leave to go on in building the temple, and by encouraging and assisting them in it till they had finished it; this was Darius Artaxerxes, who, though called king of Persia, was also king of Assyria, being possessed of the Assyrian monarchy, as his predecessors were upon the taking of Babylon, and the same is therefore called also the king of Babylon, ( Nehemiah 13:6 ) . God, the God of Israel, who has the hearts of all men in his hands, and so the hearts of kings, and can turn them at his pleasure, inclined his heart to do them good, which was matter of joy unto them, see ( Ezra 7:27 ) .

Esdras 6:22 In-Context

20 Los sacerdotes y levitas se habían unido para purificarse y, ya estando ritualmente limpios, mataron el cordero pascual por todos los que habían regresado del cautiverio, por sus compañeros los sacerdotes y por ellos mismos.

21 Los israelitas que regresaron del cautiverio comieron la Pascua junto con los que se habían apartado de la impureza de sus vecinos para seguir al SEÑOR, Dios de Israel.

22 Durante siete días celebraron con mucho gozo la fiesta de los Panes sin levadura, porque el SEÑOR les había devuelto la alegría y había hecho que el rey de Persia los ayudara y permitiera reconstruir el templo del Dios de Israel.

Footnotes

• [a]. "rey de Persia" . Lit. "rey de Asiria " (uno de los títulos dado al rey persa).