Ezra 4:17

4:17

colleagues <03675> [companions. Chal. societies.]

Greetings <08001> [Peace.]

<03706> [at such a time.]

Ezra 7:23

7:23

Everything ........ required <03606 02941> [Whatsoever is commanded. Chal. Whatsoever is of the decree.]

precisely <0149> [let it be.]

Why .... be wrath <04101 01934 07109> [why should there be wrath.]

As Artaxerxes believed he was appointed by the Almighty to do this work, he therefore wished to do it heartily; knowing that if he did not, God would be displeased, and that the kingdom would be cut off from him or his posterity.