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Selected Verse: Ezra 4:15 - Strong Concordance

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Ezr 4:15 Strong Concordance That search [01240] may be made in the book [05609] of the records [01799] of thy fathers [02]: so shalt thou find [07912] in the book [05609] of the records [01799], and know [03046] that this [01791] city [07149] is a rebellious [04779] city [07149], and hurtful [05142] unto kings [04430] and provinces [04083], and that they have moved [05648] sedition [0849] within the same [01459] of [04481] old [05957] time [03118]: for [05922] which [01836] cause was this [01791] city [07149] destroyed [02718].
  King James That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The book of the records - Compare Est 2:23; Est 6:1; Est 10:2. The existence of such a "book" at the Persian court is attested also by Ctesias.

Of thy fathers - i. e., thy predecessors ripen the throne, Cambyses, Cyrus, etc. If Artaxerxes was the Pseudo-Smerdis (Ezr 4:7 note), these persons were not really his "fathers" or ancestors; but the writers of the letter could not venture to call the king an impostor.
 
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7 And in the days [03117] of Artaxerxes [0783] wrote [03789] Bishlam [01312], Mithredath [04990], Tabeel [02870], and the rest [07605] of their companions [03674], unto Artaxerxes [0783] king [04428] of Persia [06539]; and the writing [03791] of the letter [05406] was written [03789] in the Syrian tongue [0762], and interpreted [08638] in the Syrian tongue [0762].
2 And all the acts [04639] of his power [08633] and of his might [01369], and the declaration [06575] of the greatness [01420] of Mordecai [04782], whereunto the king [04428] advanced [01431] him, are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Media [04074] and Persia [06539]?
1 On that night [03915] could not [05074] the king [04428] sleep [08142], and he commanded [0559] to bring [0935] the book [05612] of records [02146] of the chronicles [01697] [03117]; and they were read [07121] before [06440] the king [04428].
23 And when inquisition [01245] was made of the matter [01697], it was found out [04672]; therefore they were both [08147] hanged [08518] on a tree [06086]: and it was written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] before [06440] the king [04428].