THEOSISEzra 6:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel.
וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֧וּ חַג־מַצּ֛וֹת שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה כִּ֣י ׀ שִׂמְּחָ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה וְֽהֵסֵ֞ב לֵ֤ב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם לְחַזֵּ֣ק יְדֵיהֶ֔ם בִּמְלֶ֥אכֶת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Chr 30:21And the children of Israel, that were found at Jerusalem, kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy, praising the Lord every day. the Levites also, and the priests, with instruments that agreed to their office.
- Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying:
- Prov 21:1As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.
- Prov 16:7When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.
- Ezra 7:27Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put this in the king's heart, to glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem,
- 2 Chr 35:17And the children of Israel that were found there, kept the phase at that time, and the feast of unleavened seven days.
- Ex 13:6Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be the solemnity of the Lord.
- Ex 13:7Unleavened bread shall you eat seven days: there shall not be seen any thing leavened with thee, nor in all thy coasts.