Ezra 4:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by forcem and power. ”

Ezra 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

by force. Chaldee by arm; "arm" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the force put forth by it.
Ezra 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force...
Ezra 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions ,.... By him or them to whom it was particularly directed: they went up in haste to...
Ezra 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter [was] read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force...
Ezra 4:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And made them to cease by force and power As they abused the king by their misinformations, in the obtaining of this order, so they abused him in the execution of it; for the order was only to prev...
Ezra 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Ezra 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Letter To Artaxerxes
Ezra 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 4:17 ; Ezra 4:8 ; Ezra 4:9 ; Micah 2:1 ; Proverbs 4:16 ; Romans 3:15
Ezra 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To cease. &c. — As they abused the king by their misinformations, in the obtaining of this order, so they abused him in the execution of it; for the order was only to prevent the walling of the...

Ezra 4:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 4:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 4:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 4:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 4:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 4:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 4:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 4:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 4:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 4:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 4:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 4:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes