John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 6:3
In the first year of Cyrus the king; the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded ,.... See Ezra 1:1 , the place where they offered sacrifices ; to God in times past, ever since it was built by Solomon: and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid ; so as to bear and support the building erected on them, as the word signifies: the height thereof sixty cubits ; which were thirty more than the height of Solomon's... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 6:1-12
We have here, I. The decree of Cyrus for the building of the temple repeated. To this the Samaritans referred because the Jews pleaded it, and perhaps hoped it would not be found, and then their plea would be over-ruled and a stop put to their work. Search was ordered to be made for it among the records; for, it seems, the tribes had not taken care to provide themselves with an authentic copy of it, which might have stood them in good stead, but they must appeal to the original. It was looked... read more