Ezra 4:4-16
weakened.3:3; Ne 6:9; Isa 35:3,4; Jer 38:4troubled.Ne 4:7,8,11 hired.Ps 2:1,2; Na 1:11; Ac 24:1-27Darius.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; 5:6the 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 17:24,30,31Apharsathchites.5:6; 6:6Apharsachites. Susanchites.Es 1:2; 2:3; Da 8:2Elamites.Ge 10:22; Isa 21:2; Jer 25:25; 49:34; Eze 32:24; Ac 2:9 And the rest.1; 2Ki 17:24-41noble Asnappar.Ro 13:7at such a time. Chal. Cheeneth.11,17; 7:12 11 rebellious.15,19; 2Ki 18:20; 24:1; 2Ch 36:13; Jer 52:3; Eze 17:12-21Lu 23:2-5; Ac 24:5; 1Th 5:22; 1Pe 2:13-15bad city.Ps 48:1,2; Isa 1:21-23; Lu 13:34set up. or, finished.Ne 1:3; Da 9:25joined. Chal. sewed together. if this city.Ne 5:4; Ps 52:2; 119:69pay. Chal. give. toll.7:24; Mt 9:9; 17:25; Ro 13:6,7revenue. or, strength. have maintenance, etc. Chal. are salted with the salt of thepalace. Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life, (Ecclus. 39:26 or 31;) hence, by a very natural figure, salt is used for food or maintenance in general. I am well informed, says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression of the natives in the East Indies, "I eat such a one's salt," meaning, I am fed by him. Salt was also, as it still is, among eastern nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality; and hence, to eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the ties of friendship. and it was.Eze 33:31; Joh 12:5,6; 19:12-15 this city.12; Ne 2:19; 6:6; Es 3:5-8; Da 6:4-13; Ac 17:6,7moved. Chal. made. within the same. Chal. in the midstthereof. for which. 2Ki 24:20; 25:1,4; Jer 52:3-34 thou shalt have.20; 2Sa 8:3; 1Ki 4:24Ezra 5:8
the province.2:1; Ne 7:6; 11:3; Es 1:1,22the great God.1:2,3; 6:10; 7:23; De 10:17; 32:31; Ps 145:3; Da 2:47; 3:26Da 4:2,34-37; 6:26great stones. Chal. stones of rolling.Mr 13:1,2
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