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Selected Verse: Ezra 5:6 - Strong Concordance
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| Ezr 5:6 |
Strong Concordance |
The copy [06573] of the letter [0104] that Tatnai, governor [06347] on this side [05675] the river [05103], and Shetharboznai [08370], and his companions [03675] the Apharsachites [0671], which were on this side [05675] the river [05103], sent [07972] unto [05922] Darius [01868] the king [04430]: |
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King James |
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Apharsachites, like Apharsites, and Apharsathchites Ezr 4:9, are thought by some to be forms of the word "Persians," which is applied here generally to the foreign settlers in Samaria. (Others identify the first and the third names with the "Paretaceni," a people on the Medo-Persian border.) |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| In Ezr 5:6-17 follows the letter which the royal officials sent to the king. Ezr 5:6 and Ezr 5:7 form the introduction to this document, and correspond with Ezr 5:8-11 in Ezra 4. Copy of the letter (comp. Ezr 4:11) which Tatnai, etc., sent. The senders of the letter are, besides Tatnai, Shethar-Boznai and his companions the Apharsachites, the same called Ezr 4:9 the Apharsathchites, who perhaps, as a race specially devoted to the Persian king, took a prominent position among the settlers in Syria, and may have formed the royal garrison. After this general announcement of the letter, follows the more precise statement: They sent the matter to him; and in it was written, To King Darius, much peace. פּתגּן here is not command, but matter; see above. כלּא, its totality, is unconnected with, yet dependent on שׁלמא: peace in all things, in every respect. The letter itself begins with a simple representation of the state of affairs (Ezr 5:8): "We went into the province of Judaea, to the house of the great God (for so might Persian officials speak of the God of Israel, after what they had learned from the elders of Judah of the edict of Cyrus), and it is being built with freestone, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work is being diligently carried on, and is prospering under their hands." The placing of wood in the walls refers to building beams into the wall for flooring; for the building was not so far advanced as to make it possible that this should be said of covering the walls with wainscotting. The word אספּרנא here, and Ezr 6:8, Ezr 6:12-13; Ezr 7:17, Ezr 7:21, Ezr 7:26, is of Aryan origin, and is explained by Haug in Ew. Janro. v. p. 154, from the Old-Persian us-parna, to mean: carefully or exactly finished-a meaning which suits all these passages. |
9 Then [0116] wrote Rehum [07348] the chancellor [01169] [02942], and Shimshai [08124] the scribe [05613], and the rest [07606] of their companions [03675]; the Dinaites [01784], the Apharsathchites [0671], the Tarpelites [02967], the Apharsites [0670], the Archevites [0756], the Babylonians [0896], the Susanchites [07801], the Dehavites [01723], and the Elamites [05962],
26 And whosoever [03606] will not [03809] do [01934] [05648] the law [01882] of thy God [0426], and the law [01882] of the king [04430], let judgment [01780] be [01934] executed [05648] speedily [0629] upon him [04481], whether [02006] it be unto death [04193], or [02006] to banishment [08332], or [02006] to confiscation [06065] of goods [05232], or to imprisonment [0613].
21 And I [04481], even I [0576] Artaxerxes [0783] the king [04430], do make [07761] a decree [02942] to all [03606] the treasurers [01490] which are beyond [05675] the river [05103], that whatsoever Ezra [05831] the priest [03549], the scribe [05613] of the law [01882] of the God [0426] of heaven [08065], shall require [07593] of you, it be done [05648] speedily [0629],
17 That [03606] [06903] thou mayest buy [07066] speedily [0629] with this [01836] money [03702] bullocks [08450], rams [01798], lambs [0563], with their meat offerings [04504] and their drink offerings [05261], and offer [07127] them [01994] upon [05922] the altar [04056] of the house [01005] of your God [0426] which is in Jerusalem [03390].
12 And the God [0426] that hath caused his name [08036] to dwell [07932] there [08536] destroy [04049] all [03606] kings [04430] and people [05972], that shall put [07972] to their hand [03028] to alter [08133] and to destroy [02255] this [01791] house [01005] of God [0426] which is at Jerusalem [03390]. I [0576] Darius [01868] have made [07761] a decree [02942]; let it be done [05648] with speed [0629].
13 Then [0116] Tatnai, governor [06347] on this side [05675] the river [05103], Shetharboznai [08370], and their companions [03675], according [06903] to that which Darius [01868] the king [04430] had sent [07972], so [03660] they did [05648] speedily [0629].
8 Moreover I [04481] make [07761] a decree [02942] what [03964] ye shall do [05648] to [05974] the elders [07868] of these [0479] Jews [03062] for the building [01124] of this [01791] house [01005] of God [0426]: that of the king's [04430] goods [05232], even of [01768] the tribute [04061] beyond [05675] the river [05103], forthwith [0629] expenses [05313] be [01934] given [03052] unto these [0479] men [01400], that they be not [03809] hindered [0989].
8 Be it known [01934] [03046] unto the king [04430], that we went [0236] into the province [04083] of Judea [03061], to the house [01005] of the great [07229] God [0426], which is builded [01124] with great [01560] stones [069], and timber [0636] is laid [07761] in the walls [03797], and this [01791] work [05673] goeth [05648] fast [0629] on, and prospereth [06744] in their hands [03028].
9 Then [0116] wrote Rehum [07348] the chancellor [01169] [02942], and Shimshai [08124] the scribe [05613], and the rest [07606] of their companions [03675]; the Dinaites [01784], the Apharsathchites [0671], the Tarpelites [02967], the Apharsites [0670], the Archevites [0756], the Babylonians [0896], the Susanchites [07801], the Dehavites [01723], and the Elamites [05962],
11 This [01836] is the copy [06573] of the letter [0104] that [01768] they sent [07972] unto him [05922], even unto Artaxerxes [0783] the king [04430]; Thy servants [05649] the men [0606] on this side [05675] the river [05103], and at such a time [03706].
8 Be it known [01934] [03046] unto the king [04430], that we went [0236] into the province [04083] of Judea [03061], to the house [01005] of the great [07229] God [0426], which is builded [01124] with great [01560] stones [069], and timber [0636] is laid [07761] in the walls [03797], and this [01791] work [05673] goeth [05648] fast [0629] on, and prospereth [06744] in their hands [03028].
9 Then [0116] asked [07593] we those [0479] elders [07868], and said [0560] unto them thus [03660], Who [04479] commanded [07761] [02942] you to build [01124] this [01836] house [01005], and to make up [03635] these [01836] walls [0846]?
10 We asked [07593] their names [08036] also [0638], to certify [03046] thee, that we might write [03790] the names [08036] of the men [01400] that were the chief [07217] of them.
11 And thus [03660] they returned [08421] us answer [06600], saying [0560], We [0586] are [01994] the servants [05649] of the God [0426] of heaven [08065] and earth [0772], and build [01124] the house [01005] that was [01934] builded [01124] these [01836] many [07690] years [08140] ago [06928], which a great [07229] king [04430] of Israel [03479] builded [01124] and set up [03635].
7 They sent [07972] a letter [06600] unto [05922] him, wherein [01459] was written [03790] thus [01836]; Unto Darius [01868] the king [04430], all [03606] peace [08001].
6 The copy [06573] of the letter [0104] that Tatnai, governor [06347] on this side [05675] the river [05103], and Shetharboznai [08370], and his companions [03675] the Apharsachites [0671], which were on this side [05675] the river [05103], sent [07972] unto [05922] Darius [01868] the king [04430]:
6 The copy [06573] of the letter [0104] that Tatnai, governor [06347] on this side [05675] the river [05103], and Shetharboznai [08370], and his companions [03675] the Apharsachites [0671], which were on this side [05675] the river [05103], sent [07972] unto [05922] Darius [01868] the king [04430]:
7 They sent [07972] a letter [06600] unto [05922] him, wherein [01459] was written [03790] thus [01836]; Unto Darius [01868] the king [04430], all [03606] peace [08001].
8 Be it known [01934] [03046] unto the king [04430], that we went [0236] into the province [04083] of Judea [03061], to the house [01005] of the great [07229] God [0426], which is builded [01124] with great [01560] stones [069], and timber [0636] is laid [07761] in the walls [03797], and this [01791] work [05673] goeth [05648] fast [0629] on, and prospereth [06744] in their hands [03028].
9 Then [0116] asked [07593] we those [0479] elders [07868], and said [0560] unto them thus [03660], Who [04479] commanded [07761] [02942] you to build [01124] this [01836] house [01005], and to make up [03635] these [01836] walls [0846]?
10 We asked [07593] their names [08036] also [0638], to certify [03046] thee, that we might write [03790] the names [08036] of the men [01400] that were the chief [07217] of them.
11 And thus [03660] they returned [08421] us answer [06600], saying [0560], We [0586] are [01994] the servants [05649] of the God [0426] of heaven [08065] and earth [0772], and build [01124] the house [01005] that was [01934] builded [01124] these [01836] many [07690] years [08140] ago [06928], which a great [07229] king [04430] of Israel [03479] builded [01124] and set up [03635].
12 But [03861] after [04481] that our fathers [02] had provoked [07265] the God [0426] of heaven [08065] unto wrath [07265], he gave [03052] them [01994] into the hand [03028] of Nebuchadnezzar [05020] the king [04430] of Babylon [0895], the Chaldean [03679], who destroyed [05642] this [01836] house [01005], and carried [01541] the people [05972] away [01541] into Babylon [0895].
13 But [01297] in the first [02298] year [08140] of Cyrus [03567] the king [04430] of Babylon [0895] the same king [04430] Cyrus [03567] made [07761] a decree [02942] to build [01124] this [01836] house [01005] of God [0426].
14 And the vessels [03984] also [0638] of [01768] gold [01722] and silver [03702] of the house [01005] of God [0426], which Nebuchadnezzar [05020] took [05312] out of [04481] the temple [01965] that was in Jerusalem [03390], and brought [02987] them into the temple [01965] of Babylon [0895], those [01994] did Cyrus [03567] the king [04430] take [05312] out of [04481] the temple [01965] of Babylon [0895], and they were delivered [03052] unto one, whose name [08036] was Sheshbazzar [08340], whom he had made [07761] governor [06347];
15 And said [0560] unto him, Take [05376] these [0412] vessels [03984], go [0236], carry [05182] them [01994] into the temple [01965] that is in Jerusalem [03390], and let the house [01005] of God [0426] be builded [01124] in [05922] his place [0870].
16 Then [0116] came [0858] the same [01791] Sheshbazzar [08340], and laid [03052] the foundation [0787] of the house [01005] of God [0426] which is in Jerusalem [03390]: and since [04481] that time [0116] even until [05705] now [03705] hath it been in building [01124], and yet it is not [03809] finished [08000].
17 Now [03705] therefore, if [02006] it seem good [02869] to [05922] the king [04430], let there be search [01240] made in the king's [04430] treasure [01596] house [01005], which is there [08536] at Babylon [0895], whether [02006] it be [0383] so, that a decree [02942] was made [07761] of [04481] Cyrus [03567] the king [04430] to build [01124] this [01791] house [01005] of God [0426] at Jerusalem [03390], and let the king [04430] send [07972] his pleasure [07470] to us concerning [05922] this matter [01836].