Ezra 6:8

WEB

⁸Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given with all diligence to these men, that they not be hindered.

KJV

⁸Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

BSB

⁸I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

FBV

⁸Furthermore, this is my decree as to what you are to do for these Jewish leaders regarding the rebuilding of this Temple of God. The full expense involved is to be paid from royal income, the tribute of the province west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be delayed.

Extra References

Ezra 6:4

⁴with three courses of great stones and a course of new timber. Let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.

Ezra 7:15-22

¹⁵and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, ¹⁶and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem. ¹⁷Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. ¹⁸Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God. ¹⁹The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem. ²⁰Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.

²¹I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence, ²²up to one hundred talents^[+] of silver, and to one hundred cors^[+] of wheat, and to one hundred baths^[+] of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

Haggai 2:8

⁸The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says the LORD of Armies.

Ezra 5:5

⁵But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

Ezra 4:23

²³Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.

Ezra 4:20-21

²⁰There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll was paid to them. ²¹Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.

Ezra 4:16

¹⁶We inform the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, then you will have no possession beyond the River.

Psalms 68:29-31

²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you. ³⁰Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample under foot the bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war. ³¹Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.