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Esdras 4:24
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Entonces cesó la obra en la casa de Dios que estaba en Jerusalén, y quedó suspendida hasta el año segundo del reinado de Darío, rey de Persia.
Ces� entonces la obra de la casa de Dios, la cual estaba en Jerusalem: y ces� hasta el a�o segundo del reinado de Dar�o rey de Persia.
Entonces ces� la obra de la casa de Dios, que estaba en Jerusal�n. Y ces� hasta el a�o segundo del reinado de Dar�o, rey de Persia.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
So: Nehemiah 6:3, Nehemiah 6:9, Job 20:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:18
Darius: This was Darius Hystaspes, one of the seven princes who slew the usurper Smerdis: he ascended the throne of Persia, am 3483, bc 521, and reigned 36 years. Ezra 5:5, Ezra 6:1, Haggai 1:15
Reciprocal: Ezra 4:5 - Darius Ezra 6:14 - Cyrus Daniel 9:25 - from Daniel 10:13 - the prince Haggai 1:2 - This Haggai 2:15 - from before Zechariah 1:1 - the eighth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then ceased the work of the house of God, which is at Jerusalem,.... How far they had proceeded is not said, whether any further than laying the foundation of it; though probably, by this time, it might be carried to some little height; however, upon this it was discontinued:
so it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia; not Darius Nothun, as some think, for from the first of Cyrus to the sixth of his reign, when the temple was finished, was upwards of one hundred years; yea, according to some, about one hundred and forty; which would carry the age of Zerubbabel, who both laid the foundation of the temple, and finished it, and the age of those who saw the first temple, to a length that is not probable; but this was Darius Hystaspis, who succeeded Cambyses the son of Cyrus, there being only, between, the short usurpation of Smerdis for seven months.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
It ceased - The stoppage of the building by the Pseudo-Smerdis is in complete harmony with his character. He was a Magus, devoted to the Magian elemental worship, and opposed to belief in a personal god. His religion did not approve of temples; and as he persecuted the Zoroastrian so would he naturally be hostile to the Jewish faith. The building was resumed in the second year of Darius (520 B.C.), and was only interrupted for about two years; since the Pseudo-Smerdis reigned less than one year.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezra 4:24. So it ceased unto the second year of - Darius — They had begun in the first year of Cyrus, B.C. 536, to go up to Jerusalem, and they were obliged to desist from the building B.C. 522; and thus they continued till the second year of Darius, B.C. 519. See the chronology in the margin [Haggai 1:1 (note) and Zechariah 1:1 (note)] and the following chapter [Ezra 5:0].
