Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ezra 4:3
Verse Ezra 4:3. Ye have nothing to do with us] We cannot acknowledge you as worshippers of the true God, and cannot participate with you in anything that relates to his worship.
Verse Ezra 4:3. Ye have nothing to do with us] We cannot acknowledge you as worshippers of the true God, and cannot participate with you in anything that relates to his worship.
YE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US - Because the Samaritans had united idolatrous rites with the worship of Yahweh 2 Kings 17:29. To have allowed them a share in restoring the temple would have been destru...
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...
JESHUA. See note on Ezra 3:2. ISRAEL. See note on Ezra 2:2 and 1 Kings 12:17. AS. according as....
_But Zerubbabel_&c.… _the chief of the fathers_ R.V. … HEADS OF FATHERS" HOUSES. Zerubbabel's name stands first, as in Ezra 3:8, in connexion with the work, with which he had been commissioned by Cyru...
_VER._ 3. _YE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US,_ &C.— The Jews esteemed these people no better than idolaters; for, although from the time that they had been infested with lions, in the days of Ezar-haddon,...
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...
_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...
AS KING CYRUS, etc.] The fact that they were not authorised to extend to others the privileges conferred upon them by Cyrus was probably not the only motive that actuated the Jews. They no doubt felt...
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 *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...
YE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US. — The account in 2 Kings 17 carefully studied will show that the stern refusal of the leaders was precisely ill harmony with the will of God; there was nothing in it of...
וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ לָהֶ֨ם זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל וְ יֵשׁ֗וּעַ ו
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...
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; (b) but we ourselves together will build u...
You, &c. Literally, "It is not for you and us to build." But why might not these people assist in the work, as well as king Hiram or Darius? (Haydock) --- Schismatics and heretics must not communicate...
No doubt the Lord was their guide in this wise counsel. And we have need of much grace to be always upon our guard against the sly advances of the enemy under feigned affection. The devil never more a...
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...
BUT ZERUBBABEL, AND JOSHUA, AND THE REST OF THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, SAID UNTO THEM,.... The prince and high priest, and chief of the people: YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US TO BUILD AN HOUSE TO OUR...
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...
_Ye have nothing to do with us_ The chief of the fathers were soon aware that they meant them no kindness, whatever they might pretend, but really designed to do them an injury; and therefore, (though...
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...
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, the strange mixture of religions which the Sa...
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...
YE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US; as being of another nation and religion, and therefore not concerned in Cyrus's grant, which was confined to the Israelites and to the worshippers of the true God. WE OU...
Ezra 4:3 Zerubbabel H2216 Jeshua H3442 rest H7605 heads H7218 fathers H1 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8799) build...
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...
_Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard._ THE PROPOSAL OF THE SAMARITANS TO THE JEWS I. The proposal made by the Samaritans 1. Plausible in its form. 2. But evil in itself. (1) They...
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 4:3 WE ALONE WILL BUILD TO THE LORD. Their stated reason for refusing the offer of help was that Cyrus’s decree applied only to the returning exiles. No doubt they also understood th...
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...
2 Chronicles 36:22; 2 Chronicles 36:23; 3 John 1:10; 3 John 1:9;...
With us — As being of another nation and religion, and therefore not concerned in Cyrus's grant, which was confined to the Israelites. Take heed, whom you go partners with, and on whose hand you lean....