NET Bible
"so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family."
— Ezra 6:10, NET Bible
“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.”
“that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. ”
“that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.”
“And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.”
“So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.”
“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.”
Leave the work on this temple of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place.
“I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work.
Whatever is needed– whether oxen or rams or lambs for burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by the priests who are in Jerusalem– must be given to them daily without any neglect,
so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family.
“I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled on it, and his house is to be reduced to a rubbish heap for this indiscretion.
May God who makes his name to reside there overthrow any king or nation who reaches out to cause such change so as to destroy this temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given orders. Let them be carried out with precision!”
The Temple Is Finally Dedicated Then Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues acted accordingly– with precision, just as Darius the king had given instructions.