Text: Ezra 1:6
OT Text Referred to: Ezra 1:4
Subject: Contributions from neighbors (C)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Ezra 1:6 records the fulfillment of the command given in Ezra 1:4. Cyrus's edict instructed that "every survivor" be assisted by "the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock," and verse 6 confirms: "all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables." The correspondence between command and execution within a single chapter demonstrates the narrator's interest in showing complete compliance with the royal decree, establishing that the return from exile was orderly, authorized, and fully provisioned according to the divine plan working through Cyrus.