Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Ezra 4:8
The chancellor - literally, "Lord of judgment;" the title, apparently, of the Persian governor of the Samaritan province. Every Persian governor was accompanied to his province by a "royal scribe" or "secretary," who had a separate and independent authority.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezra 4:8:
Ezra 6:19
Nehemiah 2:10
Daniel 2:35
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