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      1  The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of the
        temple with the Jews, endeavor to hinder it.
     7  Their letter to Artaxerxes.
    17  The answer and decree of Artaxerxes.
    23  The building is hindered.
    
    
    VERSE 1
    - the adversaries.
      These were the Samaritans, the descendants of the various
      nations with which the kings of Assyria had peopled Israel,
      when they had carried the original inhabitants captive.
    
       * Ezr 7:9 1Ki 5:4,5 1Ch 22:9,10 Ne 4:1-11 Da 9:25 1Co 16:9
    - children of the captivity.  Heb. sons of the transportation.
       * Ezr 1:11 *marg:
       * Ezr 6:16,19,20; 10:7,16 Da 5:13
    
    
    VERSE 2 
     - Zerubbabel.
       * Ezr 1:5; 2:2; 3:2,12
    - Let us.
       * Pr 26:23-26 2Co 11:13-15 Ga 2:4 2Ti 3:8 2Pe 2:1,2
    - we do.
       * 2Ki 17:24,27-33,41
    - Esarhaddon.
       * :10
    - Asnappar.
       * 2Ki 19:37
    - Assur.
       * Ge 10:11 Ps 73:8 Isa 37:37
    - Assyria.
       * Ho 14:3
    - Asshur.
    
    
    VERSE 3 
     - Ye have nothing.
       * Ne 2:20 Joh 4:22,23 Ac 8:21 Ro 9:4,5 3Jo 1:9,10
    - king Cyrus.
       * Ezr 1:1-3; 6:3-5 2Ch 36:22,23 Isa 44:28; 45:1,4 Mt 10:16
    
    
    VERSE 4 
     - weakened.
       * Ezr 3:3 Ne 6:9 Isa 35:3,4 Jer 38:4
    - troubled.
       * Ne 4:7,8,11
    
    
    VERSE 5 
     - hired.
       * Ps 2:1,2 Na 1:11 Ac 24:1-27
    - Darius.
       * :24; 5:5-17; 6:1-18
    
    
    VERSE 6 
     - A.M. 3475.  B.C. 529. Ahasuerus.  Heb. Ahashverosh.
      This was Cambyses, son of Cyrus, who succeeded his father,
      A.M. 3475, and reigned seven years and five months.
    
    - wrote.
       * Mt 27:37 Ac 24:5-9,13; 25:7 Re 12:10
    
    
    VERSE 7 
     - A.M. 3482.  B.C. 522.  Artaxerxes.
      This Artaxerxes was one of the Magi, who usurped the throne
      after the death of Cambyses, for seven months, feigning
      himself to be Smerdis, brother of Cambyses:  he is called
      Oropoestus by Justin, Smerdis by Herodotus, Mardus by
      AEschylus, and Sphendatates by Ctesias.
    
    - Bishlam.  or, in peace.  companions.  Heb. societies.
       * :9,17; 5:6
    - the Syrian tongue.
      That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian
      or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the 8th verse of this
      chapter, to ch. 27 7:27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee,
      in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc.,
      originally written in that language.
    
       * 2Ki 18:26 Isa 36:11 Da 2:4
    
    
    VERSE 8 
     - scribe.  or, secretary.
       * :9 2Sa 8:17; 20:25 2Ki 18:18
    
    
    VERSE 9 
     - companions.  Chal. societies.  the Dinaites.
       * 2Ki 17:24,30,31
    - Apharsathchites.
       * Ezr 5:6; 6:6
    - Apharsachites.  Susanchites.
       * Es 1:2; 2:3 Da 8:2
    - Elamites.
       * Ge 10:22 Isa 21:2 Jer 25:25; 49:34 Eze 32:24 Ac 2:9
    
    
    VERSE 10 
     - And the rest.
       * :1 2Ki 17:24-41
    - noble Asnappar.
       * Ro 13:7
    - at such a time.  Chal. Cheeneth.
       * :11,17; 7:12
    
    
    VERSE 11 
     - at such a time.
       * :15,19 2Ki 18:20; 24:1 2Ch 36:13 Jer 52:3 Eze 17:12-21
       * Lu 23:2-5 Ac 24:5 1Th 5:22 1Pe 2:13-15
    - Artaxerxes.
       * :17; 7:12
    
    
    VERSE 12 
     - rebellious.
       * :15,19 2Ki 18:20; 24:1 2Ch 36:13 Jer 52:3 Eze 17:12-21
       * Lu 23:2-5 Ac 24:5 1Th 5:22 1Pe 2:13-15
    - bad city.
       * Ps 48:1,2 Isa 1:21-23 Lu 13:34
    - set up.  or, finished.
       * Ne 1:3 Da 9:25
    - joined.  Chal. sewed together.
    
    
    VERSE 13 
     - if this city.
       * Ne 5:4 Ps 52:2; 119:69
    - pay.  Chal. give.  toll.
       * Ezr 7:24 Mt 9:9; 17:25 Ro 13:6,7
    - revenue.  or, strength.
    
    
    VERSE 14 
     - have maintenance, etc.  Chal. are salted with the salt of the
      palace.
      Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life,
      (Ecclus. 26 39:26 or 31;) hence, by a very natural figure, salt
      is used for food or maintenance in general.  I am well
      informed, says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression
      of the natives in the East Indies, "I eat such a one's salt,"
      meaning, I am fed by him.  Salt was also, as it still is,
      among eastern nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality;
      and hence, to eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the
      ties of friendship.
    
    - and it was.
       * Eze 33:31 Joh 12:5,6; 19:12-15
    
    
    VERSE 15 
     - this city.
       * :12 Ne 2:19; 6:6 Es 3:5-8 Da 6:4-13 Ac 17:6,7
    - moved.  Chal. made.  within the same.  Chal. in the midst
      thereof.  for which.
       * 2Ki 24:20; 25:1,4 Jer 52:3-34
    
    
    VERSE 16 
     - thou shalt have.
       * :20 2Sa 8:3 1Ki 4:24
    
    
    VERSE 17 
     - companions.  Chal. societies.
       * :7,9
    - Peace.
       * Ezr 5:7; 7:12 Lu 10:5 Ac 23:26 Ro 1:7
    - at such a time.
       * :10,11
    
    
    VERSE 18 
     - plainly read.
       * Le 24:12 *marg:
       * Nu 15:34 Ne 8:8
    
    
    VERSE 19 
     - I commanded.  Chal. by me a decree is set.  search.
       * :15; 5:17; 6:1,2 De 13:14 Pr 25:2
    - and it is found.
       * 2Ki 18:7; 24:20 Eze 17:13-19
    - made insurrection.  Chal. lifted up itself.
    
    
    VERSE 20 
     - mighty king.
       * 1Ki 4:21,24 1Ch 18:3 Ps 72:8
    - beyond.
       * :16 Ge 15:18 Jos 1:3,4
    - toll.
       * 1Ch 18:6,13; 19:19 2Ch 9:14,23,24; 17:11; 26:7,8
    
    
    VERSE 21 
     - Give ye, etc.  Chal. Make a decree.
       * :19
    
    
    VERSE 22 
     - why should.
       * :13 Es 3:8,9; 7:3,4
    
    
    VERSE 23 
     - Rehum.
       * :8,9,17
    - they went up.
       * Pr 4:16 Mic 2:1 Ro 3:15
    - force.  Chal. arm.
    
    
    VERSE 24 
     - So.
       * Ne 6:3,9 Job 20:5 1Th 2:18
    - Darius.
      This was Darius Hystaspes, one of the seven princes who slew
      the usurper Smerdis:  he ascended the throne of Persia,
      A.M. 3483, B.C. 521, and reigned 36 years.
    
       * Ezr 5:5; 6:1 Hag 1:15
    
    
    
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