Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up [again, then] will they not pay toll, tribute, and (k) custom, and [so] thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
(k) Meaning, the gifts that are wont to be given to kings when they pass by any country.
Verse 13. _TOLL, TRIBUTE, AND CUSTOM_] The first term is supposed to imply the _capitation tax_; the second, an _excise on commodities_ and _merchandise_; the third, a sort of _land tax_. Others supp...
TOLL, TRIBUTE, AND CUSTOM - Rather, “tribute, provision, and toll” (so Ezra 4:20). The “tribute” is the money-tax imposed on each province, and apportioned to the inhabitants by the local authorities;...
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 ...
EZRA 4:8 TO EZRA 6:18. EXTRACT FROM AN ARAMAIC DOCUMENT. Ezra 4:8 contains a letter, together with the king's reply to it, written by adversaries of the Jews to Artaxerxes for the purpose of frustrat...
Note on Ezra 4:7-23 The names of the Persian kings which occur in this chapter occasion special difficulty. Upon their right identification necessarily depends our understanding of the whole passage....
_set up again_ R.V. FINISHED. then _will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom_ R.V. THEY WILL NOT PAY TRIBUTE, CUSTOM, OR TOLL. Cf. Ezra 4:20; Ezra 7:24. The R.V. gives the right order according to...
_VER._ 13. _TOLL, TRIBUTE, AND CUSTOM_— By the first of these, מנדה _mindah,_ Grotius understands that which every head paid to the king, and which we call poll-money; by the second, בלו _belo,_ the e...
2. Israel's enemies write letters to prevent rebuilding. TEXT, EZRA 4:6-16 6 Now in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah...
_BE IT KNOWN NOW UNTO THE KING, THAT, IF THIS CITY BE BUILDED, AND THE WALLS SET UP AGAIN, THEN WILL THEY NOT PAY TOLL, TRIBUTE, AND CUSTOM, AND SO THOU SHALT ENDAMAGE THE REVENUE OF THE KINGS._ Toll...
4:13 kings. (b-37) Others, 'and thou wilt endamage the kings' revenue.'...
_So_ THOU SHALT ENDAMAGE] RV 'in the end it will endamage.'...
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...
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...
TOLL, TRIBUTE, AND CUSTOM. — Toll for the highways; custom, a provision in kind; tribute, the money tax. THE REVENUE. — Rather, _at length;_ literally _and at length damage will be done to the kings....
כְּעַ֗ן יְדִ֨יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְ מַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י...
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...
THE ENEMY'S SHORT-LIVED TRIUMPH Ezra 4:11 The promoters of this letter were descendants of the heathen colonists who had been sent into the land by the Assyrians, 2 Kings 17:24. It was written to the...
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...
_Revenues. Septuagint, &c., include all under the term of "tribute."_...
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...
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...
BE IT KNOWN NOW UNTO THE KING,.... And let it be seriously and thoroughly considered by him and his counsellors: THAT IF THIS CITY BE BUILDED, AND ITS WALLS SET UP AGAIN, THEN WILL THEY NOT PAY TOLL,...
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up [again, then] will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and [so] thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. Ve...
_Then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom_ “By the first of these, Grotius understands that which every head paid to the king, and which we call poll-money; by the second, the excise, as we no...
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...
THE LETTER TO ARTAXERXES...
Be it known now unto the king that, if this city be builded and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, the individual poll-tax, tribute, property-tax, AND CUSTOM, all import and export d...
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...
PAY: Chal. give REVENUE: Or, strength...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ezra 4:13 now H3705 known H3046 (H8752) H1934 (H8748) king H4430 if H2006 this H1791 city...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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. ⇐...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 4:6 This section interrupts the historical narrative (Ezra 1:1), which resumes at Ezra 4:24....
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 4:7 The author jumps forward again to another hostile episode, when leaders in the province sent a formal letter of complaint to King Artaxerxes I (reigned 464–423 B.C.)....
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 4:13 The threat of an independence movement in Jerusalem is exaggerated. The imperial RECORDS would include those of Assyria and Babylon....
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...
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 once, and how...
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...
Ezra 7:24; Matthew 17:25; Matthew 9:9; Nehemiah 5:4; Psalms 119:69;...