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1–2. Resumption of construction of the church. 3–6. Intervention of the ruler of Syria, Sisinni. 7–22. List of letters sent by him to King Darius. 23–34. Darius's answer. 2Ezra 6:1 In the second year of the reign of Darius, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the Lord God of Israel. 1. Ch. VI presents the exposition of Chap. V-VII books. Ezra. – Zechariah son of Addo. According to Zechariah I1, 7, the prophet was the son of Berechiah and the grandson or descendant of Iddo (cf. Nehemiah XII16, 4). 2Ezra 6:2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Joshua the son of Jozedek arose and began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, in the presence of the prophets of the Lord helping them. 2Ezra 6:3 At this time Sisinni, the governor of Syria and Phenicia, and Safrabuzan and their companions appeared to them and said to them: 2 Ezra 6:4 With whose permission are you building this house and this shelter, and doing everything else? And who are the builders who do this? 4. The name of the ruler of Syria and Phenicia who sent the denunciation against the Jews was, according to 1Ezra V, Tafnai. According to some exegetes, in Greek pronunciation this name sounded Shamnai, which is where Sisinni came from. Safravuzan: according to 1Ezd V - Shefar Boznai. 2Ezra 6:5 But the elders of Judah found mercy from the Lord, who looked upon the captivity, 2 Ezra 6:6 and they were not forbidden to build until Darius was told about them. And the answer was received. 2Ezra 6:7 Here is a copy of the letter that Sisinni wrote and which was sent to Darius: Sisinni, governor of Syria and Phenicia, and Safrabuzan and his companions, the leaders in Syria and Phenicia, rejoice over King Darius. 2 Ezra 6:8 Let everything be known to our lord the king, that when we came into the region of Judea and entered the city of Jerusalem, we found in the city of Jerusalem the elders of Judah who had returned from captivity, 2Ezra 6:9 who build a great new house for the Lord of costly hewn stones, laying wood in the walls; 2Ezra 6:10 And these works are carried out with zeal, and the work proceeds successfully in their hands and is completed with all splendor and care. 2Ezra 6:11 Then we asked these elders, saying: By whose command are you building this house and doing these works? 2Ezra 6:12 And so we asked them to inform you and write to you about their leaders, and we demanded from them a name list of their leaders. 2Ezra 6:13 And they answered and said unto us, We are the servants of the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth. 2Ezra 6:14 And this house was built many years before by the king of Israel, great and mighty, and was finished. 2Ezra 6:15 But just as our fathers angered the heavenly Lord of Israel with their sins, He delivered them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of the Chaldeans. 2 Ezra 6:16 They destroyed the house and burned it, and carried the people captive to Babylon. 2Ezra 6:17 But in the first year, after Cyrus reigned over the land of Babylon, King Cyrus ordered the building of this house. 2Ezra 6:18 And the sacred vessels, gold and silver, which Nebuchadnezzar carried out of the temple of Jerusalem and placed in his church, King Cyrus again took out of the church of Babylon and handed them over to prince Samanasser Zerubbabel. 2Ezra 6:19 And he was commanded to take all these vessels and put them in the temple in Jerusalem and to build the church of the Lord in its place. 2Ezra 6:20 Then Samanasser came and laid the foundation of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it was built and was not completed. 2Ezra 6:21 So, king, if it pleases, let them look for Cyrus in the king’s book depositories, 2 Ezra 6:22 And if it turns out that the building of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem was carried out according to the will of King Cyrus, and it pleases our lord the king, let it be given to us to know about it. 2 Ezra 6:23 Then King Darius ordered a search in the book depositories located in Babylon, and it was found in Ecbatana, in a city located in the Median region, one place in the memorial record where it is written: 2 Ezra 6:24 In the first year of Cyrus's reign, King Cyrus ordered the building of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, where sacrifices were made on unquenchable fire. 2Ezra 6:25 The height of the church was sixty cubits, the width was sixty cubits, with three houses of cut stones and one new one of native wood, and the expenses were to be made from the house of King Cyrus, 2Ezra 6:26 And the sacred vessels of the house of the Lord, gold and silver, which Nebuchadnezzar carried out of the house of Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, return to the house of Jerusalem, to put them where they were. 2Ezra 6:27 He also commanded Sisinni, the governor of Syria and Phenicia, and Safrabuzane and their companions and the leaders appointed in Syria and Phenicia, to keep themselves away from this place and leave the servant of the Lord Zerubbabel, the prince of Judah, and the elders of Judah to build this house of the Lord in its place. 27. In 1Ezra VI6 the command of Darius begins. The compiler of 2 Rides attributes this to Cyrus, as a result of which a contradiction arises: Sisinni lives under Darius and receives orders from Cyrus. 2 Ezra 6:28 I commanded that it be completely rebuilt and that I should see that the Jews who had returned from captivity might be helped to complete the completion of the house of the Lord. 2Ezra 6:29 and that from the taxes of Cole-Syria and Phenicia it should be given regularly for these people, for sacrifices to the Lord, to Prince Zerubbabel, for bulls, rams and lambs. 2Ezra 6:30 In the same way, so that wheat, salt, wine and oil are constantly given every year without question, as the priests who are in Jerusalem say, how much is spent on each day; 2Ezra 6:31 that they should offer sacrifices to the Most High God for the king and for his children and pray for their lives. 2Ezra 6:32 Moreover, declare that if anyone transgresses or violates anything that is written, then a tree from his own shall be taken, and he shall be hanged on it, and his property shall become royal. 2Ezra 6:33 For this reason let the Lord, whose name is called there, destroy every king and people who stretch out his hand to hinder or do any harm to this house of the Lord in Jerusalem. 2Ezra 6:34 I, King Darius, have decreed that it should be exactly according to this.