Ezra 6:4 meaning and explanation

with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.

Ezra 6:4, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse records part of the decree King Cyrus of Persia issued in his first year, quoted here after Darius ordered a search of the royal archives. Cyrus specifies how the Jerusalem temple should be built: three courses of cut stone alternating with one of timber, a construction style also described for Solomon's temple.

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