Ezra 4:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Now when (a) the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

(a) Meaning, the inhabitants of Samaria, whom the king of Assyria had placed in the place of the ten tribes, (2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 19:37). They professed God but worshipped idols and therefore were the greatest enemies to the true servants of God.

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Ezra 4:1

1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the childrena of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;