Ezra 4:12-24
rebellious Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19; 2Kgs 18:20, 2Kgs 24:1; 2Chr 36:13; Jer 52:3; Ezek 17:12-21; Luke 23:2-5; Acts 24:5; 1Thess 5:22; 1Pet 2:13-15 bad city Ps 48:1-2; Isa 1:21-23; Luke 13:34 set up or, finished, Neh 1:3; Dan 9:25 joined Chal, sewed together if this city Neh 5:4; Ps 52:2, Ps 119:69 pay Chal, give toll Ezra 7:24; Matt 9:9, Matt 17:25; Rom 13:6-7 revenue or, strength have maintenance etc. Chal, are salted with the salt of the palace, Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life (Ecclus. 39:26 or verse 31); hence, by a very natural figure, salt is used for food or maintenance in general. I am well informed, says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression of the natives in the East Indies, "I eat such a one's salt," meaning, I am fed by him. Salt was also, as it still is, among eastern nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality; and hence, to eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the ties of friendship. and it was Ezek 33:31; John 12:5-6, John 19:12-15 made within the same, Chal, in the midst thereof this city Ezra 4:12; Neh 2:19, Neh 6:6; Esth 3:5-8; Dan 6:4-13; Acts 17:6-7 moved Chal for which 2Kgs 24:20, 2Kgs 25:1, 2Kgs 25:4; Jer 52:3-34 thou shalt have Ezra 4:20; 2Sam 8:3; 1Kgs 4:24 companions Chal, societies, Ezra 4:7, Ezra 4:9 Peace Ezra 5:7, Ezra 7:12; Luke 10:5; Acts 23:26; Rom 1:7 at such a time Ezra 4:10-11 I commanded Chal, by me a decree is set search Ezra 4:15, Ezra 5:17, Ezra 6:1-2; Deut 13:14; Prov 25:2 and it is found 2Kgs 18:7, 2Kgs 24:20; Ezek 17:13-19 made insurrection Chal, lifted up itself mighty kings 1Kgs 4:21, 1Kgs 4:24; 1Chr 18:3; Ps 72:8 beyond Ezra 4:16; Gen 15:18; Josh 1:3-4 toll 1Chr 18:6, 1Chr 18:13, 1Chr 19:19; 2Chr 9:14, 2Chr 9:23-24, 2Chr 17:11, 2Chr 26:7-8 Give ye etc. Chal, Make a decree, Ezra 4:19 why should Ezra 4:13; Esth 3:8-9, Esth 7:3-4 Rehum Ezra 4:8-9, Ezra 4:17 they went up Prov 4:16; Mic 2:1; Rom 3:15 force Chal, arm So Neh 6:3, Neh 6:9; Job 20:5; 1Thess 2:18 Darius This was Darius Hystaspes, one of the seven princes who slew the usurper Smerdis. He ascended the throne of Persia, am 3483, bc 521, and reigned 36 years. Ezra 5:5, Ezra 6:1; Hag 1:15
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