He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.
Ezra 6:4 - Tree of Life Version with three layers of large stones and one layer of timber. Let the expense be paid from the king’s house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition With three courses of great stones and one course of new timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. American Standard Version (1901) with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house. Common English Bible with three layers of dressed stones and one layer of timber. The cost will be paid from the royal treasury. Catholic Public Domain Version with three rows of rough stones, and so as to have rows of new timber, and that the expenses shall be given from the house of the king. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber. And the charges shall be given out of the king's house. |
He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.
So they gave money to the stone-masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians to bring cedar trees by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by King Cyrus of Persia.
“Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the House of the great God, which is being built with large stones and timber is being set in the walls. Now this work is being done diligently and is succeeding in their hands.
“Moreover, I hereby issue a decree as to what you are to do for these elders of the Jews to rebuild this House of God. The complete costs are to be paid to these men from the royal treasury, from the tribute from Trans-Euphrates so that they are not hindered.
Your God commanded your strength. Strengthen, O God, You who have acted for us.
May kings of Tarshish and the islands bring tribute, kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
Kings will be your guardians, their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their face to the ground, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Adonai— those hoping in Me will not be ashamed.”
But the earth came to the aid of the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.