Ezra 4:2-10
Zerubbabel Ezra 1:5, Ezra 2:2, Ezra 3:2, Ezra 3:12 Let us Prov 26:23-26; 2Cor 11:13-15; Gal 2:4; 2Tim 3:8; 2Pet 2:1-2 we do 2Kgs 17:24, 2Kgs 17:27-33, 2Kgs 17:41 Esarhaddon Ezra 4:10, Asnappar, 2Kgs 19:37 Assur Gen 10:11; Ps 73:8; Isa 37:37, Assyria, Hos 14:3, Asshur Ye have nothing Neh 2:20; John 4:22-23; Acts 8:21; Rom 9:4-5; 3John 1:9-10 king Cyrus Ezra 1:1-3, Ezra 6:3-5; 2Chr 36:22-23; Isa 44:28, Isa 45:1, Isa 45:4; Matt 10:16 weakened Ezra 3:3; Neh 6:9; Isa 35:3-4; Jer 38:4 troubled Neh 4:7-8, Neh 4:11 hired Ps 2:1-2; Nah 1:11; Acts 24:1-27 Darius Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:5-17, Ezra 6:1-18 am 3475, bc 529 Ahasuerus Heb. Ahashverosh, This was Cambyses, son of Cyrus, who succeeded his father, am 3475, and reigned seven years and five months. wrote Matt 27:37; Acts 24:5-9, Acts 24:13, Acts 25:7; Rev 12:10 am 3482, bc 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, Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:17, Ezra 5:6 the Syrian tongue That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the Ezra 4:8 of this chapter, to Ezra 7:27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee, in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc., originally written in that language. 2Kgs 18:26; Isa 36:11; Dan 2:4 scribe or, secretary, Ezra 4:9; 2Sam 8:17, 2Sam 20:25; 2Kgs 18:18 companions Chal, societies the Dinaites 2Kgs 17:24, 2Kgs 17:30-31 Apharsathchites Ezra 5:6, Ezra 6:6, Apharsachites Susanchites Esth 1:2, Esth 2:3; Dan 8:2 Elamites Gen 10:22; Isa 21:2; Jer 25:25, Jer 49:34; Ezek 32:24; Acts 2:9 And the rest Ezra 4:1; 2Kgs 17:24-41 noble Asnapper Rom 13:7 at such a time Chal, Cheeneth, Ezra 4:11, Ezra 4:17, Ezra 7:12
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