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Ezr 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 3485. B.C. 519.
let there be		Ezr 4:15,19; Ezr 6:1,2; Pro 25:2
a decree		Ezr 6:3-5

Correlating Passages

let there be

	Ezr 4:15	That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city [is] a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
	Ezr 4:19	And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and [that] rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
	Ezr 6:1	Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
	Ezr 6:2	And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein [was] a record thus written:
	Pro 25:2	[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

a decree

	Ezr 6:3	In the first year of Cyrus the king [the same] Cyrus the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
	Ezr 6:4	[With] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
	Ezr 6:5	And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, [every one] to his place, and place [them] in the house of God.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezra 5:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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