Ezra 4:7
4:7 a The exact date of these events is unknown, but they might have occurred around the same time as an Egyptian revolt in 448 BC (a few years before Artaxerxes I sent Nehemiah to Jerusalem in 445 BC). If so, the enemies of Judah and Artaxerxes probably thought that the Jews would revolt as the Egyptians had.• Aramaic was the international diplomatic language of the Persian Empire.
Copyright information for
TNotes