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Verse Ezra 4:6. _IN THE REIGN OF AHASUERUS_] This is the person who is
called _Cambyses_ by the Greeks. He reigned seven years and five
months; and during the whole of that time the building of the te...
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AHASUERUS - Or, Cambyses, the son and successor of Cyrus. Persian
kings had often two names....
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The offer of the Samaritans refused (Ezra 4:1)_
2. The letter to King Artaxerxes (Ezra 4:7)
3. The king's reply (Ezra 4:17)
4. The work is stopped ...
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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. Ezra 4:6...
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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 parenthesis....
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_Ahasuerus_ R.V. margin -Or _Xerxes_. Heb. Ahashverosh". The
well-known Xerxes, the son of Darius, who reigned 20 years (485 465).
He is generally identified with the Ahasuerus of the book -Esther"....
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2. Israel's enemies write letters to prevent rebuilding.
TEXT, EZRA 4:6-16
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Now in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they
wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah...
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_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 his re...
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4:6 Ahasuerus, (c-6) Probably Cambyses, son of Cyrus....
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AHASUERUS] i.e. Xerxes (485-464), the successor of Darius Hystaspis....
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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 bei...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 4
V1 The enemies of the *descendants of Judah and Benjamin heard that
they had returned from the *exile. Their enemies heard that they we...
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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 which...
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וּ בְ מַלְכוּת֙ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔ושׁ בִּ
תְחִלַּ֖ת...
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THE COST OF AN IDEALIST'S SUCCESS
Ezra 4:6
THE fourth chapter of the Book of Ezra contains an account of a
correspondence between the Samaritan colonists and two kings of
Persia, which follows sharpl...
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THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE OPPOSED
Ezra 4:1
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 on His str...
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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...
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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 Pers...
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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
o...
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But, in such a case, difficulties do not arise only from the weakness
of the remnant; they proceed, also, from elements with which the
remnant are outwardly connected, and which, at the same time, are...
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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; so...
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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, of...
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_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 agai...
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1 The aduersaries, being not accepted in the building of the Temple
with the Iewes, endeauour to hinder it.
7 Their Letter to Artaxerxes.
17 The decree of Artaxerxes.
23 The building is hindred.
1...
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THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE HINDERED...
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And in the reign of Ahasuerus, known in secular history as Xerxes, the
successor to Darius, who was favorably disposed to the Jews, as the
next Chapter s show, IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS REIGN, WROTE THE...
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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 Zeru...
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AHASUERUS:
_ Heb._ Ahashverosh...
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6-24 It is an old slander, that the prosperity of the church would be
hurtful to kings and princes. Nothing can be more false, for true
godliness teaches us to honour and obey our sovereign. But wher...
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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 eithe...
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Ezra 4:6 reign H4438 Ahasuerus H325 beginning H8462 reign H4438 wrote
H3789 (H8804) accusation H7855 inhabitants H3427 ...
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THE SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF THE ENMITY REVEALED AGAINST THE RETURNEES UP
TO THE TIME OF NEHEMIAH (EZRA 4:6).
What follows up to Ezra 4:23 goes beyond the question of building the
Temple. The writer now...
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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). _...
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CONTENTS: Work hindered by adversaries.
CHARACTERS: Zerubbabel, Ahasuerus, Jeshua, Artazerxes, Rehum,
Shimshai.
CONCLUSION: God's work cannot be advanced but Satan will rage and the
gates of hell wi...
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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 worshippers o...
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_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 ai...
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EZRA 4:1 Enemies Stall the Project by Conspiring against It. The
rebuilding project encounters opposition from other groups in the
region, and the work ceases.
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 4:6 This section interrupts the historical
narrative (Ezra 1:1), which resumes at Ezra 4:24....
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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). (ii.) The opposition of the
Sa...
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And when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children
of the captivity [had built the towers,] started to build the temple
of the Lord unto the LORD God of Israel; they came to Zerubb...
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Acts 24:13; Acts 24:5; Acts 25:7; Matthew 27:37; Revelation 12:10...
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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....