Ezra 5:6

Ezra 5:6

4 ^aThen, accordingly, we told them the names of the men who were constructing this building.

5 But ^athe eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so that they could not make them cease till a report could go to Darius. Then a ^bwritten answer was returned concerning this matter.

6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent:
The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, ^aand his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.

7 (They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus)
To Darius the king:
All peace.

8 Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the¹ temple of the great God, which is being built with² heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

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Barnes' Notes

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Apharsachites, like Apharsites, and Apharsathchites Ezra 4:9, are thought by some to be forms of the word "Persians," which is applied here generally to the foreign settlers in Samaria. (Others identify the first and the third names with the "Paretaceni," a people on the Medo-Persian border.)

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezra 5:6:**

Ezra 4:9-10
Nehemiah 2:10
Daniel 3:2

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