Ezra 4:19

And I commanded R.V. decreed. A more authoritative word. Literally, -and from me was a decree made"; and they searched, -and found".

of old time Cf. Ezra 4:15.

hath made insurrection against kings By the insurrections against kings and the sedition and rebellion of Jerusalem here mentioned as being recorded in the chronicles of the state is probably meant the treacherous and unstable policy of Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah (see 2 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 24:10; 2 Kings 24:20). Of this the Babylonian records would preserve the testimony. It is less likely that the more ancient records of the Assyrian Empire containing the account of Hezekiah's revolt from Sennacherib would have been consulted.