Ezra 6:13

“Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.”

"Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily." - Ezra 6:13
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What does Ezra 6:13 mean?

Ezra 6:13 (KJV) states, "Then Tattenai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily." This verse comes from the book of Ezra in the Old Testament, which relates the story of the…

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Nehemiah 12:13 - "Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;"
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Ezra 6:15-16
Ezra 2:13 - "The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six."
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Ezra 6:19 - "And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month."
Ezra 8:6 - "Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males."
Ezra 8:13 - "And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males."
Ezra 6:6 - "Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:"
Ezra 6:2 - "And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:"
Ezra 2:6 - "The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve."
Ezra 5:13 - "But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God."
Ezra 7:6 - "This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him."
Ezra 6:15 - "And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king."
Ezra 6:16 - "¶ And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,"
Ezra 6:18 - "And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses."
Ezra 6:10 - "That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons."
"The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six." - Ezra 2:13
Ezra 4:6 - "And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem."
Ezra 6:4 - "With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:"
Ezra 6:1 - "Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon."
Ezra 10:6 - "¶ Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away."
Ezra 6:7 - "Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place."