Ezra 3:7 - Commentary

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Text -- Ezra 3:7 (NET)

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Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Cyrus the Persian king of Babylon known as Cyrus the Great (OS)

· Joppa a seaport town on the Mediterranean coast about 35 miles northwest of Jerusalem,a town and seaport 55 km NW of Jerusalem & 85 km south of Mt. Carmel

· Lebanon a mountain range and the adjoining regions (IBD)

· Persia citizen(s) of Persia

· sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea

· Sidonians residents of the town of Sidon

· Tyrian a resident of the town of Tyre