Ezra 4:1-5

4:1

enemies <06862> [the adversaries.]

These were the Samaritans, the descendants of the various nations with which the kings of Assyria had peopled Israel, when they had carried the original inhabitants captive.

exiles <01473 01121> [children of the captivity. Heb. sons of the transportation.]

4:2

Zerubbabel <02216> [Zerubbabel.]

build <01129> [Let us.]

sacrificing <02076> [we do.]

Esarhaddon <0634> [Esarhaddon.]

[Asnappar.]

Assyria <0804> [Assur.]

[Assyria.]

[Asshur.]

4:3

build ......... build <01129> [Ye have nothing.]

King Cyrus ... king <03566 04428> [king Cyrus.]

4:4

discourage <07503> [weakened.]

<0926> [troubled.]

4:5

hiring <07936> [hired.]

Darius <01867> [Darius.]

Ezra 4:24

4:24

remained <01934> [So.]

Darius <01868> [Darius.]

This was Darius Hystaspes, one of the seven princes who slew the usurper Smerdis: he ascended the throne of Persia, A.M. 3483, B.C. 521, and reigned 36 years.