‏ Ezra 4:2-10

Zerubbabel.

1:5; 2:2; 3:2,12

Let us.

Pr 26:23-26; 2Co 11:13-15; Ga 2:4; 2Ti 3:8; 2Pe 2:1,2

we do.

2Ki 17:24,27-33,41

Esarhaddon.

10

Asnappar.

2Ki 19:37

Assur.

Ge 10:11; Ps 73:8; Isa 37:37

Assyria.

Ho 14:3

Asshur.

Ye have nothing.

Ne 2:20; Joh 4:22,23; Ac 8:21; Ro 9:4,5; 3Jo 1:9,10

king Cyrus.

1:1-3; 6:3-5; 2Ch 36:22,23; Isa 44:28; 45:1,4; Mt 10:16

weakened.

3:3; Ne 6:9; Isa 35:3,4; Jer 38:4

troubled.

Ne 4:7,8,11

hired.

Ps 2:1,2; Na 1:11; Ac 24:1-27

Darius.

24; 5:5-17; 6:1-18

A.M. 3475. B.C. 529. Ahasuerus. Heb. Ahashverosh.This was Cambyses, son of Cyrus, who succeeded his father, A.M. 3475, and reigned seven years and five months.

wrote.

Mt 27:37; Ac 24:5-9,13; 25:7; Re 12:10

A.M. 3482. B.C. 522. Artaxerxes.This Artaxerxes was one of the Magi, who usurped the throne after the death of Cambyses, for seven months, feigning himself to be Smerdis, brother of Cambyses: he is called Oropoestus by Justin, Smerdis by Herodotus, Mardus by AEschylus, and Sphendatates by Ctesias.

Bishlam. or, in peace. companions. Heb. societies.

9,17; 5:6

the Syrian tongue.That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the 8th verse of this chapter, to ch. 7:27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee, in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc., originally written in that language.

2Ki 18:26; Isa 36:11; Da 2:4

scribe. or, secretary.

9; 2Sa 8:17; 20:25; 2Ki 18:18

companions. Chal. societies. the Dinaites.

2Ki 17:24,30,31

Apharsathchites.

5:6; 6:6

Apharsachites. Susanchites.

Es 1:2; 2:3; Da 8:2

Elamites.

Ge 10:22; Isa 21:2; Jer 25:25; 49:34; Eze 32:24; Ac 2:9

And the rest.

1; 2Ki 17:24-41

noble Asnappar.

Ro 13:7

at such a time. Chal. Cheeneth.

11,17; 7:12
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