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Ezra 6 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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
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.

Matthew Henry 3 Alexander MacLaren 3 John Wesley 1

“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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