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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 ...
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EZRA 4:8 TO EZRA 6:18. EXTRACT FROM AN ARAMAIC DOCUMENT.
Ezra 4:8 contains a letter, together with the king's reply to it,
written by adversaries of the Jews to Artaxerxes for the purpose of
frustrat...
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_be builded_again, _and the walls thereof set up_ R.V. BE BUILDED AND
THE WALLS FINISHED.
_by this means_ i.e. in consequence of Jerusalem becoming once more a
fortified city and so recovering her ca...
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Note on Ezra 4:7-23
The names of the Persian kings which occur in this chapter occasion
special difficulty. Upon their right identification necessarily
depends our understanding of the whole passage....
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2. Israel's enemies write letters to prevent rebuilding.
TEXT, EZRA 4:6-16
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Now in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they
wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah...
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_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, A...
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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...
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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...
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מְהֹודְעִ֤ין אֲנַ֨חְנָה֙ לְ
מַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן...
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THE COST OF AN IDEALIST'S SUCCESS
Ezra 4:6
THE fourth chapter of the Book of Ezra contains an account of a
correspondence between the Samaritan colonists and two kings of
Persia, which follows sharpl...
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THE ENEMY'S SHORT-LIVED TRIUMPH
Ezra 4:11
The promoters of this letter were descendants of the heathen colonists
who had been sent into the land by the Assyrians, 2 Kings 17:24. It
was written to the...
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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...
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_Possession. Septuagint have simply, "peace."_...
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It should seem that Ahasuerus and Artaxerxes are both names of the
same person: probably meaning the same as King. And it should seem
that the enemies of the church caught at the first moment in the
o...
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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...
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WE CERTIFY THE KING, THAT IF THIS CITY BE BUILDED AGAIN, AND THE WALLS
THEREOF SET UP,.... As it formerly was, and now attempted, as they
suggest:
BY THIS MEANS THOU SHALT HAVE NO PORTION ON THIS SID...
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We certify the king that, if this city be builded [again], and the
walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this
side the river.
Ver. 16. _We certify the king_] They doubt no...
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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...
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We certify the king that, if this city be builded again and the walls
thereof set up, all its defenses finished as in the days of its
greatest power, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this s...
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THE LETTER TO ARTAXERXES...
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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...
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6-24 It is an old slander, that the prosperity of the church would be
hurtful to kings and princes. Nothing can be more false, for true
godliness teaches us to honour and obey our sovereign. But wher...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 4:16 We H586 inform H3046 (H8683) king H4430 if H2006 this H1791
city H7149 rebuilt H1124 ...
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THE SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF THE ENMITY REVEALED AGAINST THE RETURNEES UP
TO THE TIME OF NEHEMIAH (EZRA 4:6).
What follows up to Ezra 4:23 goes beyond the question of building the
Temple. The writer now...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 4:6 This section interrupts the historical
narrative (Ezra 1:1), which resumes at Ezra 4:24....
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 4:7 The author jumps forward again to another
hostile episode, when leaders in the province sent a formal letter of
complaint to King Artaxerxes I (reigned 464–423 B.C.)....
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 4:13 The threat of an independence movement in
Jerusalem is exaggerated. The imperial RECORDS would include those of
Assyria and Babylon....
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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...
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EXPOSITION
EZRA 4:7
AND IN THE DAYS OF ARTAXERXES. See the comment on Ezra 4:6. If
Artaxerxes be the Pseudo-Smerdis, we can readily understand why an
application was not made to him at once, and how...
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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...
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1 Kings 4:24; 2 Samuel 8:3; Ezra 4:20...