Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
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Barnes' Notes
Let there be search made ... at Babylon - They perhaps doubted whether proof of the decree of Cyrus remained in the archives. The Pseudo-Smerdis had had the records in his power for seven months; and,…
Adam Clarke
The - treasure house - גנזיא ginzaiya. This is a Persian word, gunji, a treasury.
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We have here, I. The cognizance which their neighbours soon took of the reviving of this good work. A jealous eye, it seems, they had upon them, and no sooner did the Spirit of God stir up the friends…
Cambridge Bible
ifit seem good to the king A similar phrase in Ezr 7:18; Est 1:19.
in the king's treasure house which apparently was the repository of important documents as well as of treasure. The expression occurs…