Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

A decree

Bible References

Let there be

Ezra 4:15
that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed.
Ezra 6:1
Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.

A decree

Ezra 6:3
In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be solidly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,