Ezra 4:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribed wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: ”

Ezra 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The chancellor - literally, “Lord of judgment;” the title, apparently, of the Persian governor of the Samaritan province. Every Persian governor was accompanied to his province by a “royal scribe...
Ezra 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Rehum. From here to Ezra 6:18 is in Syriac, which was like the French of today. Compare 2 Kings 18:26 . From Ezra 6:19 -- Ezra 7:11 is Hebrew; and Syriac again from Ezra 7:12-27 . then Hebr...
Ezra 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: Rehum the chancellor - With this verse the Chaldee part of the chapter begins; and t...
Ezra 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: Rehum the chancellor, х bª`eel ( H1169 ) Tª`eem ( H2942 ), lord of...
Ezra 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Rehum the chancellor. — The lord of judgment, the counsellor of the Persian king, a conventional title of the civil governor. Shimshai the scribe — The royal secretary.
Ezra 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort. This means the same letter as before; which, according to Jarchi, was sent in th...
Ezra 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: Ver. 8. Rehum the chancellor ] Or, president of the council. It is of the Chaldee...
Ezra 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter, &c. These two, as it was their office, put into writing, or drew up, a letter, agreeable to what had been resolved on in a council o...
Ezra 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Jews Misrepresented. B. C. 521. 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning...
Ezra 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Ezra 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezra 4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes. See the comment on Ezra 4:6 . If Artaxerxes be the Pseudo-Smerdis, we can readily understand why an application was not made to him at...
Ezra 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Building of the Temple Hindered
Ezra 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 18:18 ; 2 Samuel 20:25 ; 2 Samuel 8:17 ; Ezra 4:9

Ezra 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 4:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 4:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge