Cross Reference EZRA 5:17 NOW THEREFORE IF IT SEEM GOOD TO THE KING LET THERE BE SEARCH MADE IN THE KING'S TREASURE HOUSE WHICH IS THERE AT BABYLON WHETHER IT BE SO THAT A DECREE WAS MADE OF CYRUS THE KING TO BUILD THIS HOUSE OF GOD AT JERUSALEM AND LET THE KING SEND HIS PLEASURE TO US CONCERNING THIS MATTER

{Ezra 5:17} Now 3705 therefore, if 2006 [it seem] good 2869 to 5922 the king, 4430 let there be search y1240 z8721 made x1240 in the king's 4430 treasure 1596 house, 1005 which x1768 [is] there 8536 at Babylon, 895 whether 2006 it be 383 [so], that x1768 a decree 2942 was made 7761 z8752 of 4481 Cyrus 3567 the king 4430 to build 1124 z8749 this 1791 house 1005 of God 426 at Jerusalem, 3390 and let the king 4430 send 7972 z8748 his pleasure 7470 to x5922 us concerning 5922 this matter. 1836

am 3485, bc 519

let there be:
"That¹ search² ° may be made¹ in the bookª of the recordsª of¹ thy fathers:ª so shalt thou findª ° in the bookª of the records,ª and knowª ° that¹ thisª cityª [is] a rebelliousª city,ª and hurtfulª ° unto kingsª and provinces,ª and that they have movedª ° seditionª within the sameª ofª oldª time:ª forª which² cause¹ was thisª cityª destroyed.ª °" {Ezr 4:15} + "And I² commanded,ª ª ° and search² ° hath been made,¹ and it is foundª ° that¹ thisª cityª ofª oldª timeª hath made insurrectionª ° againstª kings,ª and [that] rebellionª and seditionª have been madeª ° therein." {Ezr 4:19} + "Thenª Dariusª the kingª madeª ° a decree,ª and search² ° was made¹ in the houseª of the rolls,ª whereª ¹ the treasuresª were laid upª ° in Babylon.ª ... And there was foundª ° at Achmetha,ª in the palaceª that¹ [is] in the provinceª of the Medes,ª aª roll,ª and thereinª [was] a recordª thusª written:ª °" {Ezr 6:1-2} + "[It is] the gloryª of Godª to concealª ° a thing:ª but the honourª of kingsª [is] to search outª ° a matter.ª" {Prv 25:2}

a decree:
"In the firstª yearª of Cyrusª the kingª [the same] Cyrusª the kingª madeª ° a decreeª [concerning] the houseª of Godª at Jerusalem,ª Let the houseª be builded,ª ° the placeª where¹ they offeredª ° sacrifices,ª and let the foundationsª thereof be strongly laid;ª ° the heightª thereof threescoreª cubits,ª [and] the breadthª thereof threescoreª cubits;ª ... And alsoª let the goldenª and silverª vesselsª of the houseª of God,ª which¹ Nebuchadnezzarª took forthª ° out ofª the templeª which¹ [is] at Jerusalem,ª and broughtª ° unto Babylon,ª be restored,ª ° and brought againª ° unto the templeª which¹ [is] at Jerusalem,ª [every one] to his place,ª and placeª ° [them] in the houseª of God.ª" {Ezr 6:3-5}