Ezr 6:3-5 | TNotes | STEP | 6:3 This decree is recorded in Ezra 1:2-4 . • The Temple’s height will be ninety feet, and its width will be ninety feet: The emendations given in the NLT textual note would make these measurements match those of Solomon’s Temple (1 Kgs 6:2 , 17 , 20 ). But the larger measurements given here might represent the maximum size that the Persians would fund.

bEzra 1:2-4►

c1 Kgs 6:2►

‏ Ezra 6:3-5

6:3 ^a This decree is recorded in Ezra 1:2-4 ^b.

• The Temple’s height will be ninety feet, and its width will be ninety feet: The emendations given in the NLT textual note would make these measurements match those of Solomon’s Temple (1 Kgs 6:2 ^c, 17 ^d, 20 ^e). But the larger measurements given here might represent the maximum size that the Persians would fund.
6:4 ^f All expenses will be paid by the royal treasury. Although it seems surprising that the Persians would do this, it was consistent with Persian practice elsewhere (e.g., at Sais and Elephantine in Egypt, and at Ur in Mesopotamia). Such generosity was designed to ensure loyalty to Persia.