Ezra 4:9
colleagues <03675> [companions. Chal. societies. the Dinaites.]
rulers <0671> [Apharsathchites.]
[Apharsachites. Susanchites.]
Elamites <05962> [Elamites.]
Ezra 4:11
Ezra 4:14
that ..................... sustain <04415 01768> [have maintenance, etc. Chal. are salted with the salt of the palace.]
Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life, (Ecclus. 39:26 or 31;) hence, by a very natural figure, salt is used for food or maintenance in general. I am well informed, says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression of the natives in the East Indies, "I eat such a one's salt," meaning, I am fed by him. Salt was also, as it still is, among eastern nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality; and hence, to eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the ties of friendship.
not <03809> [and it was.]
Ezra 4:16
will <0383> [thou shalt have.]
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 4:24--5:1
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.
Haggai <02292> [A.M. 3484. B.C. 520. Haggai.]
These are the same Haggai and Zechariah, whose writings we have among the twelve minor prophets; and, as a great part of them refer to the events here recorded, the reader will find it very profitable to compare them with the history.
Zechariah <02148> [Zechariah.]
son ... Iddo <01247 05714> [the son of Iddo.]
That is, "the grandson of Iddo;" for Zechariah was the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
name <08036> [in the name.]
Ezra 5:13
Ezra 5:15
house <01005> [let the house.]
Ezra 6:1
searched <01240> [and search.]
archives <05609> [rolls. Chal. books.]
deposited <05182> [laid up. Chal. made to descend.]
Ezra 6:6
Tattenai <08674> [Tatnai.]
colleagues <03675> [your companions. Chal. their societies.]
stay far <01934 07352> [be ye far.]
Ezra 6:13
Tattenai <08674> [Tatnai.]
acted <03660 05648> [so they did.]
Ezra 6:15
Adar <0144> [A.M. 3489. B.C. 515. Adar.]
Ezra 6:18
priests <03549> [the priests.]
in accord with <03792> [as it is written. Chal. according to the writing.]
Ezra 7:13
I .... issued ......... from <04481 07761> [I make.]
wishes to do so <05069> [minded.]
Ezra 7:18
whatever <04101> [whatsoever.]
do .................... keeping <05648> [that do.]
will <07470> [after the will.]
He gave them the fullest liberty to order every thing according to their own institutions; binding them to no form or mode of worship.
Ezra 7:20
supply .... do so from <05415 04481> [bestow it.]
