Ezra 4:9
“Then wrote Rehum the chancellor , and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over,.... The river Euphrates:
and set in the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ezra 4:9-10
These verses form the superscription or address of the letter (Ezr 4:11, etc.) sent to Artaxerxes. The Dinaites were…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezra 4:6-16
Cyrus stedfastly adhered to the Jews' interest, and supported his own grant. It was to no purpose to offer any thing to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
thenwrote &c. Although Ezr 4:8 ends with -in this sort", the actual copy of the letter is not given until Ezr 4:11; Ezr…
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