Passage Research
Ezra 6 — Sermon Preparation
Darius finds Cyrus's original decree and orders the temple project to proceed at royal expense; the temple is completed and dedicated with rejoicing. Below is a research summary for Ezra 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 393 / 196
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Ezra 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֱלָהּ | ʼĕlâhh | H426 | 14 | God |
| טְעֵם | ṭᵉʻêm | H2942 | 6 | flavor, judgment |
| יְרוּשָׁלֵם | Yᵉrûwshâlêm | H3390 | 6 | |
| בְּנָא | bᵉnâʼ | H1124 | 5 | build |
| דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ | Dârᵉyâvêsh | H1868 | 5 | Darius. |
| עֲבַד | ʻăbad | H5648 | 5 | do, make |
| שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי | Shᵉthar Bôwzᵉnay | H8370 | 4 | Shethar-Bozenai |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Ezra 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The gospel church, that spiritual temple, is long in the building, but it will be finished at last, when the mystical body is completed. Every believer is a living temple, building up himself in his most holy faith: much opposition is given to this work by Satan and our own corruptions. We trifle, and proceed in it with many stops and pauses; but He that has begun the good work, will see it performed. Then spirits of just men will be made perfect. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Ezra 6:13–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylonia— Ezra 6:1
- Jerusalem— Ezra 6:12
- Beyond the River— Ezra 6:13
- Persia— Ezra 6:14
- Ecbatana— Ezra 6:2
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