Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation "In the first year of his reign Emperor Cyrus commanded that the Temple in Jerusalem be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are made and offerings are burned. The Temple is to be ninety feet high and ninety feet wide. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits, the first year Ezra 1:1-4 In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying: . . . Ezra 5:13-15 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house of God should be built. . . . 2 Chronicles 36:22,23 But in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, to fulfil the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, king of the Persians: who commanded it to be proclaimed through all his kingdom, and by writing also, saying: . . . the place Deuteronomy 12:5,6,11-14 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: . . . 2 Chronicles 2:6 Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him. Psalm 122:4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. the height 1 Kings 6:2,3 And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height. . . . 2 Chronicles 3:3,4 Now these are the foundations, which Solomon laid, to build the house of God, the length by the first measure sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits. . . . Ezekiel 41:13-15 And he measured the length of the house, a hundred cubits: and the separate building, and the walls thereof, a hundred cubits in length. . . . Revelation 21:16 And the city lieth in a four-square: and the length thereof is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs: and the length and the height and the breadth thereof are equal. Context The Decree of Darius…2And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written. 3In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits,4Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber: and the charges shall be given out of the king's house.… Cross References Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying: Ezra 3:7 And they gave money to hewers of stones and to masons: and meat and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppe, according to the orders which Cyrus king of the Persians had given them. Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house of God should be built. Jump to Previous Breadth Builded Built Cubits Cyrus Decree First Foundations Height Hight House Jerusalem Laid Offer Offered Sacrifices Sixty Strongly Thereof ThreescoreJump to Next Breadth Builded Built Cubits Cyrus Decree First Foundations Height Hight House Jerusalem Laid Offer Offered Sacrifices Sixty Strongly Thereof ThreescoreLinks Ezra 6:3 NIVEzra 6:3 NLT Ezra 6:3 ESV Ezra 6:3 NASB Ezra 6:3 Bible Apps Ezra 6:3 Biblia Paralela Ezra 6:3 Chinese Bible Ezra 6:3 French Bible Ezra 6:3 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are as at be being concerning cubits Cyrus decree feet first foundations God height high house In is issued It its Jerusalem King laid Let ninety of offered place present rebuilt retained sacrifices temple the to where wide width year OT History: Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus (Ezr. Ez) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |