Ezra 4:1-6

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.]

4:6

Ahasuerus <0325> [A.M. 3475. B.C. 529. Ahasuerus. Heb. Ahashverosh.]

This was Cambyses, son of Cyrus, who succeeded his father, A.M. 3475, and reigned seven years and five months.

filed <03789> [wrote.]