_NOW WHEN THE ADVERSARIES OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN HEARD THAT THE CHILDREN OF THE CAPTIVITY BUILDED THE TEMPLE UNTO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL;_ The adversaries of Judah and Benjamin - i:e., strangers settled in the land of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THEY CAME TO ZERUBBABEL, AND TO THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, LET US BUILD WITH YOU: FOR WE SEEK YOUR GOD, AS YE DO; AND WE DO SACRIFICE UNTO HIM SINCE THE DAYS OF ESARHADDON KING OF ASSUR, WHICH BROUGHT US UP HITHER._ We seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him s... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT ZERUBBABEL, AND JESHUA, AND THE REST OF THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS OF ISRAEL, SAID UNTO THEM, YE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US TO BUILD AN HOUSE UNTO OUR GOD; BUT WE OURSELVES TOGETHER WILL BUILD UNTO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, AS KING CYRUS THE KING OF PERSIA HATH COMMANDED US._ But Zerubbabel, and J... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND WEAKENED THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH, AND TROUBLED THEM IN BUILDING,_ Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah ... Exasperated by this repulse, the Samaritans endeavoured by every means to molest the workmen as well as obstruct the prog... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIRED COUNSELLORS AGAINST THEM, TO FRUSTRATE THEIR PURPOSE, ALL THE DAYS OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA, EVEN UNTIL THE REIGN OF DARIUS KING OF PERSIA._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE REIGN OF AHASUERUS, IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS REIGN, WROTE THEY UNTO HIM AN ACCUSATION AGAINST THE INHABITANTS OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM._ In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they ... an accusation, х_ 'ACHASHWEEROWSH _ (H325); Septuagint, en basileia Assoueerou].... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE DAYS OF ARTAXERXES WROTE BISHLAM, MITHREDATH, TABEEL, AND THE REST OF THEIR COMPANIONS, UNTO ARTAXERXES KING OF PERSIA; AND THE WRITING OF THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN IN THE SYRIAN TONGUE, AND INTERPRETED IN THE SYRIAN TONGUE._ In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam ... The three officers n... [ Continue Reading ]
_REHUM THE CHANCELLOR AND SHIMSHAI THE SCRIBE WROTE A LETTER AGAINST JERUSALEM TO ARTAXERXES THE KING IN THIS SORT:_ Rehum the chancellor, х_ Bª`EEL_ (H1169) _ Tª`EEM_ (H2942), lord of judgment]. AND SHIMSHAI THE SCRIBE, х_ CAAPªRA'_ (H5613), secretary to the governor of a province]. ARTAXERXES,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN WROTE REHUM THE CHANCELLOR, AND SHIMSHAI THE SCRIBE, AND THE REST OF THEIR COMPANIONS; THE DINAITES, THE APHARSATHCHITES, THE TARPELITES, THE APHARSITES, THE ARCHEVITES, THE BABYLONIANS, THE SUSANCHITES, THE DEHAVITES, AND THE ELAMITES,_ And the rest of their companions, х_ UWSH'AAR_ (H7606)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE REST OF THE NATIONS WHOM THE GREAT AND NOBLE ASNAPPAR BROUGHT OVER, AND SET IN THE CITIES OF SAMARIA, AND THE REST THAT ARE ON THIS SIDE THE RIVER, AND AT SUCH A TIME._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BE IT KNOWN UNTO THE KING, THAT THE JEWS WHICH CAME UP FROM THEE TO US ARE COME UNTO JERUSALEM, BUILDING THE REBELLIOUS AND THE BAD CITY, AND HAVE SET UP THE WALLS THEREOF, AND JOINED THE FOUNDATIONS._ Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem,... [ Continue Reading ]
_BE IT KNOWN NOW UNTO THE KING, THAT, IF THIS CITY BE BUILDED, AND THE WALLS SET UP AGAIN, THEN WILL THEY NOT PAY TOLL, TRIBUTE, AND CUSTOM, AND SO THOU SHALT ENDAMAGE THE REVENUE OF THE KINGS._ Toll, tribute, and custom - the first х_ MINDAAH_ (H4061) or _ MIDAAH_ (H4061) (Ezra 4:20), Chaldee, tri... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE MAINTENANCE FROM THE KING'S PALACE, AND IT WAS NOT MEET FOR US TO SEE THE KING'S DISHONOUR, THEREFORE HAVE WE SENT AND CERTIFIED THE KING;_ We have maintenance from the king's palace - literally, we are salted with the king's salt. 'Eating a prince's salt' is an Oriental phrase... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT SEARCH MAY BE MADE IN THE BOOK OF THE RECORDS OF THY FATHERS: SO SHALT THOU FIND IN THE BOOK OF THE RECORDS, AND KNOW THAT THIS CITY IS A REBELLIOUS CITY, AND HURTFUL UNTO KINGS AND PROVINCES, AND THAT THEY HAVE MOVED SEDITION WITHIN THE SAME OF OLD TIME: FOR WHICH CAUSE WAS THIS CITY DESTROYE... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SENT THE KING AN ANSWER UNTO REHUM THE CHANCELLOR, AND TO SHIMSHAI THE SCRIBE, AND TO THE REST OF THEIR COMPANIONS THAT DWELL IN SAMARIA, AND UNTO THE REST BEYOND THE RIVER, PEACE, AND AT SUCH A TIME._ Then sent the king an answer. It was unfavourable to the rebuilding of Jerusalem as a forti... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LETTER WHICH YE SENT UNTO US HATH BEEN PLAINLY READ BEFORE ME._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN CEASED THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF GOD WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM. SO IT CEASED UNTO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE REIGN OF DARIUS KING OF PERSIA._ Then ceased the work of the house of God - i:e., in consequence of the letter of Smerdis, who, it appears, being a usurper and a Magian, changed the old religio... [ Continue Reading ]