Ezra 4:3
build ......... build <01129> [Ye have nothing.]
King Cyrus ... king <03566 04428> [king Cyrus.]
Ezra 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.
Ezra 9:11
through ... servants <03027 05650> [by thy servants. Heb. by the hand of thy servants. The land.]
defiled .... impurities <05079> [the filthiness.]
end <06310> [one end to another. Heb. mouth to mouth.]
Ezra 5:9
Who gave <04479 07761> [Who commanded.]
Ezra 4:19
[I commanded. Chal. by me a decree is set. search.]
determined <07912> [and it is found.]
engaging in insurrection <05376> [made insurrection. Chal. lifted up itself.]
Ezra 5:3
Tattenai <08674> [Tatnai.]
Tatnai was governor of the provinces which belonged to the Persian empire west of the Euphrates, comprehending Syria, Arabia Deserta, Phoenicia, and Samaria. He seems to have been a mild and judicious man, and to have acted with great prudence and caution, and without any passion or prejudice.
Who gave <04479 07761> [Who hath commanded you.]
Ezra 6:14
elders <07868> [And the elders.]
prophesying <05017> [through.]
brought ... to completion by <03635 04481> [finished it.]
by ............ command <04481 02942> [according.]
command .......... command <02941 02942> [commandment. Chal. decree. Cyrus.]
Artaxerxes <0783> [Artaxerxes.]
This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes, surnamed [Makrocheir,] or Longimanus, or in Persian, {Ardsheer deeraz dest,} "Ardsheer the long-handed;" so called, according to the Greeks, from the extra-ordinary length of his hands, but according to the Easterners, from the extent of his dominions. He ascended the Persian throne, A.M. 3540, B.C. 464, and reigned forty-one years. He is said to have been the most handsome person of his age, and to have been a prince of a very mild and generous disposition.
Ezra 1:2
Lord God <0430 03068> [Lord God.]
given <05414> [hath given.]
kingdoms <04467> [all the kingdoms.]
According to the testimony of ancient writers, Cyrus, at this time, reigned over the Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Syrians, Assyrians, Indians, etc., and all lesser Asia.
instructed <06485> [he hath charged.]
