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.
Let there be
A decree
Bible References
Let there be
Ezra 4:15
That it shall be sought in the book of the records of thy fathers: and thou wilt find in the book of the records, and thou wilt know that this city a city perverse and endamaging kings and provinces, and working rebellion in the midst of it from days forever: for this, this city was laid waste.
Ezra 6:1
At that time Darius the king set up a decree, and they searched in the house of books, the treasures being deposited there in Babel.
Proverbs 25:2
The glory of God to conceal the word: and the glory of kings to search the word.
A decree
Ezra 6:3
In one year to Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king set a decree of the house of God in Jerusalem, The house shall be built, the place that they sacrificed sacrifices, and its foundations being erected; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;