Ezra 4:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And in the reign of Ahasuerus,b in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. ”

Ezra 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ahasuerus - Or, Cambyses, the son and successor of Cyrus. Persian kings had often two names.
Ezra 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And in the reign of (d) Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they [unto him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. (d) He was also called Artaxerxes which is a Per...
Ezra 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:6 f . These are two stray verses which have been left in the text here by mistake. This offers a good example of the way in which fragments of sources are jumbled together in our book. Ezr...
Ezra 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ahasuerus . the venerable king. See App-57, and p. 618. An appellative, used here of Cyrus ( Ezra 4:5 ), or retrospectively of Astyages; or, this verse may he retrospective, and should he in parenth...
Ezra 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. In the reign of Ahasuerus - This is the person who is...
Ezra 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of...
Ezra 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the beginning of his reign. — This Ahasuerus, another name for Cambyses, reigned seven years; and his accession to the throne was the time seized by the Samaritans for their “accusation,” of whi...
Ezra 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Building of the Temple Opposed Ezra 4:1-10 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 o...
Ezra 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Ezra 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign ,.... According to Jarchi, this was Ahasuerus the husband of Esther; but, as most think d, was Cambyses, the son and successor of Cyrus;...
Ezra 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they [unto him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. Ver. 6. And in the reign of Ahasuerus ] That is, o...
Ezra 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the reign of Ahasuerus A common name of divers kings of Persia. This Ahasuerus was probably Smerdis, one of the magi who seized the kingdom after Cambyses. Wrote they unto him an accusation aga...
Ezra 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Jews Misrepresented. B. C. 521. 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning...
Ezra 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the reign of Ahasuerus; which is supposed by divers learned men to be from this time a common name to divers succeeding kings of Persia. And this makes it seem doubtful who this was. This was ei...
Ezra 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ahasuerus The Cambyses of secular history (529-521 BC); not the Ahasuerus of Esther, who is the Xerxes of secular history (485 BC). ( See Scofield) - ( Daniel 5:31 ).
Ezra 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Building of the Temple Hindered
Ezra 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 24:13 ; Acts 24:5-9 ; Acts 25:7 ; Matthew 27:37 ; Revelation 12:10
Ezra 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ahasuerus — A common name to divers kings of Persia. Cambyses the son and successor of Cyrus, was known to be no friend to the Jewish nation.

Ezra 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 4:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 4:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 4:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ezra 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 4:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes