2 Kings 18:18; 2 Samuel 20:25; 2 Samuel 8:17; Ezra 4:9
The chancellor - literally, “Lord of judgment;” the title, apparently, of the Persian governor of the Samaritan province. Every Persian governor...
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 ad...
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 Hebre...
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: Rehum the chancellor - With this v...
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: Rehum the chancellor, х...
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 s...
Rehum.. Shimshai ] It is not clear whether Ezra 4:7-8 refer to more than one letter sent on different occasions by the enemies of the Jews, or to...
Rehum the chancellor. — The lord of judgment, the counsellor of the Persian king, a conventional title of the civil governor. Shimshai the scri...
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 Samari...
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 directl...
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 ch...
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 enemie...
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...
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: Ver. 8. Rehum the chancellor ]...
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, agr...
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...
The Jews Misrepresented. B. C. 521. ...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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 goe...
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 r...
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...
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...
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 und...
The Building of the Temple Hindered
Rehum, the chancellor, and Shimshai, the scribe, apparently Persian officials in Samaria, wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in...
8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribed wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: