Ezra 7:14-16
of the king Chal, from before the king seven counsellors Seven princes of Persia having conspired against and slain the usurper Smerdis, and thus made way for the family of Darius, which afterwards filled the throne, the Persian kings of this race had always seven chief princes as their counsellors, who possessed peculiar privileges, were his chief assistants in the government, and by whose advice all the public affairs of the empire were transacted. The names of these counsellors are given in the parallel place of the book of Esther. Esth 1:14 according Ezra 7:25-26; Deut 17:18-19; Isa 8:20 thy God Ezra 1:3, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:12; Dan 2:47, Dan 6:20, Dan 6:26 the silver Ezra 6:4, Ezra 6:8-10; Ps 68:29-30, Ps 72:10, Ps 76:11; Isa 60:6-9; Rev 21:24-26 whose habitation Ezra 6:12; 2Chr 2:6, 2Chr 6:2, 2Chr 6:6; Ps 9:11, Ps 26:8, Ps 76:2, Ps 135:21 all the silver Ezra 8:25-28 offering Ezra 1:4, Ezra 1:6; 1Chr 29:6, 1Chr 29:9, 1Chr 29:17; 2Cor 8:12, 2Cor 9:7
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