Ezra 4:24
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.Ezra 4:24 in the real world
In what words
- תְּרֵיןtᵉrêyntwo
- בְּטֵלbᵉṭêlto stop
- עֲבִידָהʻăbîydâhlabor or business
- שְׁנָהshᵉnâh{a year (as a revolution of time)}
- דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁDârᵉyâvêsh{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}
- יְרוּשָׁלֵםYᵉrûwshâlêm{Jerusalem}
- עַדʻad{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until)
- בַּיִתbayith{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Behistun InscriptionNamed outside the BibleDarius, the king Ezra and Haggai date their events by, left his own account of his reign — and the same stone is what made Akkadian readable.