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Ezra 5

Ezra 5:13

Tattenai’s Letter to Darius · Ezra 5:6–17
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Translations

Modern
In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
Traditional
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Literal
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
Latin
Anno autem primo Cyri regis Babylonis, Cyrus rex proposuit edictum ut domus Dei hæc ædificaretur.

Original

Hebrew
English
In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

Notes

Ezra 5:13

a decree: See Ezra 1:1–4.

Ezra 5:6–17

Ezra includes a copy in Aramaic of Tattenai’s letter to King Darius. Unlike the letter in Ezra 4:11–16, this letter simply asks if the Jews' actions are valid.

Theme notes and profiles

Cyrus II Zerubbabel

People

Cyrus: Persian Emperor who decreed the rebuilding of the Temple

Places

Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel

Glossary

Ancient Letter Writing Aramaic Book of Ezra Book of Jeremiah Darius First Book of Esdras Haggai, Book of Persia, Persians Postexilic Period Sheshbazzar Temple Zechariah, Book of

Topics

Cyrus: Issues a Decree for the Emancipation of the Jews and Rebuilding the Temple Liberality: Cyrus Persia: Cyrus Temple: The Second: Restored by Zerubbabel the Second Temple: Tatnai the Governor Wrote to Darius to Know If the Building