Lux Domini
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.

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Interpretation

When God's time is come for fulfilling his gracious purposes concerning his church, he will raise up instruments to do it, from whom such good service was not expected. While our thoughts are directed to this event, we are led by Zechariah to fix our regard on a nobler, a spiritual building.

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This thought runs through Ezra 6:1-5.

Glossary

Babylonia Place
Biblical region. Modern identification: Babylon.
Darius Person
The holder or supporter, the name of several Persian kings. (1. ) Darius the Mede ( Dan. 11:1 ), “the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes” (9:1).