Ezra 4:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Givel ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. ”

Ezra 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:8 to Ezra 6:18 . Extract from an Aramaic Document. Ezra 4:8-23 contains a letter, together with the king's reply to it, written by adversaries of the Jews to Artaxerxes for the purpos...
Ezra 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

commandment . decree.
Ezra 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. Until another commandment shall be given from me - The rebu...
Ezra 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Ezra 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezra 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE COST OF AN IDEALIST'S SUCCESS Ezra 4:6-23 THE fourth chapter of the Book of Ezra contains an account of a correspondence between the Samaritan colonists and two kings of Persia, which follo...
Ezra 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Enemy's Short-Lived Triumph Ezra 4:11-24 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 wri...
Ezra 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Ezra 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The accomplishment of their wicked purpose may serve to show us how the Lord is pleased sometimes, for the exercise of faith in his people, to let the enemy triumph. And when the short-lived victorie...
Ezra 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease ,.... From building: and that this city be not builded until another commandment shall be given from me ; he might suspect that this case, in al...
Ezra 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until [another] commandment shall be given from me. Ver. 21. Give you now commandment ] Chaldee, Make a decr...
Ezra 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease Thus he suffered himself to be imposed upon by their fraud and falsehood, and took no care to examine the allegations of their petition concernin...
Ezra 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezra 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, P...
Ezra 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Ezra 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Subsequent History Of The Enmity Revealed Against The Returnees Up To The Time Of Nehemiah ( Ezra 4:6-23 ). What follows up to Ezra 4:23 goes beyond the question of building the Temple. The...
Ezra 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 4:1-3 ). (ii.) The opposition of t...
Ezra 4:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

Give Chaldean, make a new decree.
Ezra 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 worshipper...
Ezra 4:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Ezra 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezra 4:17 Then sent the king an answer. The complaint made was of such importance that an answer was returned without delay. It was addressed both to Rehum and Shimshai, sinc...
Ezra 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Letter To Artaxerxes
Ezra 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 4:19

Ezra 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 4:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ezra 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 4:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge