Ezra 6:22
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the Lord had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
Note That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20.
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; because the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of God, the God of Israel’s house.
and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the feast
- Exodus 12:15–20; Exodus 13:6, 7; 2 Chronicles 30:21; 2 Chronicles 35:17; Matthew 26:17; 1 Corinthians 5:7, 8
- turned
- Ezra 7:27; Proverbs 16:7; Proverbs 21:1; John 19:11
- the king
- Darius, as reigning over the country of Assyria, is here called "the king of Assyria."
- Ezra 6:6–12; Ezra 1:1; 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Zechariah 10:10, 11