Ezra 4:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 4:7

5 and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of ^aDarius king of Persia.

Rebuilding of Jerusalem Opposed

6 In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

7 In the days of ^aArtaxerxes also, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabel, and the rest of their companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the letter was written in ^bAramaic script, and translated into the Aramaic language.

8 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:

9 From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions—representatives of ^athe Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and Shushan, the Dehavites, the Elamites,

10 ^aand the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnapper took captive and settled in the cities of Samaria and the remainder beyond¹ the River —^band so forth.

11 (This is a copy of the letter that they sent him)
To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men of the region beyond the River,¹ and so forth:

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Interlinear Bible for Ezra 4:7:

And in the days
yowm (#3117) of Artaxerxes
'Artachshashta' (#783) wrote
kathab (#3789) Bishlam,
Bishlam (#1312) Mithredath,
Mithrdath (#4990) Tabeel,
tab'el (#2870) and the rest
sh'ar (#7605) of their companions,
knath (#3674) unto
`al (#5921) Artaxerxes
'Artachshashta' (#783) king
melek (#4428) of Persia;
Parac (#6539) and the writing
kathab (#3791) of the letter
nishtvan (#5406) was written
kathab (#3789) in the Syrian tongue,
'Aramiyth (#762) and interpreted
tirgam (#8638) in the Syrian tongue.
'Aramiyth (#762)

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