Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ezra 4:4
The people of the land, Heb. of that land; the present inhabitants of that province, to wit, the Samaritans. Troubled them in building; by false reports and threats, and other means, described afterwards.
The people of the land, Heb. of that land; the present inhabitants of that province, to wit, the Samaritans. Troubled them in building; by false reports and threats, and other means, described afterwards.
Verse Ezra 4:4. _WEAKENED THE HANDS_] Discouraged and opposed them by every possible means....
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The offer of the Samaritans refused (Ezra 4:1)_ 2. The letter to King Artaxerxes (Ezra 4:7) 3. The king's reply (Ezra 4:17) 4. The work is stopped ...
THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE OPPOSED. Ezra 4:1. the adversaries: _i.e._ the northern Israelites of mixed race, Samaritans; they are called adversaries by anticipation, as they did not oppose the build...
TROUBLED THEM IN. terrified them from....
_Then the people of the land_ i.e. the Samaritans, as opposed to -the people of Judah". It is noteworthy that this expression -the people of the land" ("am haâreç) became a synonym for -the ignorant...
_VER._ 4. _WEAKENED THE HANDS_— See Nehemiah 6:9. Jeremiah 38:4....
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT B. The work is interrupted by Israel's enemies. 1. Opposition develops. TEXT, EZRA 4:1-5 1 Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the e...
_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 r...
FEUD BETWEEN THE JEWS AND SAMARITANS This chapter describes the desire of the Samaritans to take part in the rebuilding of the Temple, and their successful opposition to the Jews on their request bei...
THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND] i.e. the Samaritans and the other hostile neighbours of the Je ws; the annoyances they caused are referred to in Zechariah 8:10....
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 4 V1 The enemies of the *descendants of Judah and Benjamin heard that they had returned from the *exile. Their enemies heard that they we...
וַ יְהִי֙ עַם ־הָ אָ֔רֶץ מְרַפִּ֖ים יְדֵ֣י
THE LIMITS OF COMPREHENSION Ezra 4:1; Ezra 4:24 THE fourth chapter of the Book of Ezra introduces the vexed question of the limits of comprehension in religion by affording a concrete illustration of...
THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE OPPOSED Ezra 4:1 So long as you lead a languid and unaggressive life, the enemy will leave you alone, but directly you begin to build God's temple, you may count on His str...
In this chapter we have the story of the opposition of the Samaritans, and the consequent cessation of work on the Temple for a time. The historic chronology presents difficulties. The subject is not...
By weakening the hands of the people, perhaps is meant, alarmed some weak minds to relax in their service. And by continually thwarting the people, no doubt it operated to their great discouragement....
But, in such a case, difficulties do not arise only from the weakness of the remnant; they proceed, also, from elements with which the remnant are outwardly connected, and which, at the same time, are...
THEN THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND WEAKENED THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH, AND TROUBLED THEM IN BUILDING. By threatening them, or by dissuading the workmen from going on, by endeavouring to hinder their h...
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, Ver. 4. _Then the people of the land_] Who the nearer they came unto a conjunction with the Jews...
_But the people of the land_ Hebrew _of that land;_ namely, the Samaritans, the present inhabitants of that province. _Weakened the hands of the people of Judah_ As they could not divert them from the...
1 The aduersaries, being not accepted in the building of the Temple with the Iewes, endeauour to hinder it. 7 Their Letter to Artaxerxes. 17 The decree of Artaxerxes. 23 The building is hindred. 1...
THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE HINDERED...
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, they tried to put obstructions of every kind in their way, not only by molesting the workmen, but also by eventually obtaining an...
PRETENDED FRIENDSHIP AND OPPOSITION (vv. 1-5) Satan is subtle in the way he attacks a work of God. He appears to be friendly, as is seen in the way the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin came to Zeru...
1-5 Every attempt to revive true religion will stir up the opposition of Satan, and of those in whom he works. The adversaries were the Samaritans, who had been planted in the land of Israel, Ezra 4:2...
Ezra 4:4 people H5971 land H776 discourage H7503 (H8764) H3027 people H5971 Judah H3063 troubled H926 ...
THE ENEMIES OF THE RETURNEES OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN SEEK TO HIJACK THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (EZRA 4:1). When they learned that work was beginning on the building of the Temple, the syncretistic Yahwi...
CONTENTS: Work hindered by adversaries. CHARACTERS: Zerubbabel, Ahasuerus, Jeshua, Artazerxes, Rehum, Shimshai. CONCLUSION: God's work cannot be advanced but Satan will rage and the gates of hell wi...
Ezra 4:1. _The adversaries of Judah._ These were the Samaritans; that is, Jews of the ten tribes, apostate from the religion of their fathers, now intermarried with the heathen, who were worshippers o...
_Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah._ THE HOSTILITY OF THE SAMARITANS TO THE JEWS I. The tactics of the wicked. If they cannot bend the good to their wishes and ai...
EZRA 4:1 Enemies Stall the Project by Conspiring against It. The rebuilding project encounters opposition from other groups in the region, and the work ceases. ⇐...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 4:4 The real attitude of these residents, now called THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND, becomes clear. They showed their opposition ALL THE DAYS OF CYRUS... EVEN UNTIL THE REIGN OF DARIUS, that...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have—(i.) The proposal of the Samaritans to unite with the Jews in building the Temple, and its rejection (Ezra 4:1). (ii.) The opposition of the Sa...
And when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity [had built the towers,] started to build the temple of the Lord unto the LORD God of Israel; they came to Zerubb...
Ezra 3:3; Isaiah 35:3; Isaiah 35:4; Jeremiah 38:4; Nehemiah 4:11;...