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Selected Verse: Ezra 4:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ezr 4:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Rehum [07348] the chancellor [01169] [02942] and Shimshai [08124] the scribe [05613] wrote [03790] a [02298] letter [0104] against [05922] Jerusalem [03390] to Artaxerxes [0783] the king [04430] in this sort [03660]: |
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King James |
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The chancellor - literally, "Lord of judgment;" the title, apparently, of the Persian governor of the Samaritan province. Every Persian governor was accompanied to his province by a "royal scribe" or "secretary," who had a separate and independent authority. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Rehum the chancellor - With this verse the Chaldee part of the chapter begins; and the same language continues to the end of Ezr 6:18.
These men wrote to Darius in their own language; and the king in the same dialect returns an answer, chap. 5. This circumstance adds authenticity to what is written: so scrupulous was the inspired penman, that he not only gave the words which each spoke and wrote, but he gave them also in the very language in which they were conceived and in the character peculiar to that language. |
18 And they set [06966] the priests [03549] in their divisions [06392], and the Levites [03879] in their courses [04255], for [05922] the service [05673] of God [0426], which is at Jerusalem [03390]; as it is written [03792] in the book [05609] of Moses [04873].