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:
To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men of the region beyond the River,1 and so forth:
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Topical Studies for Ezra 4:7:
Artaxerxes {Nave's Topical Bible}
Bishlam {Nave's Topical Bible}
King {Forerunner Commentary}
King {Nave's Topical Bible}
Language {Nave's Topical Bible}
Language {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Mithredath {Nave's Topical Bible}
Persia {Forerunner Commentary}
Persia {Nave's Topical Bible}
Rest {Forerunner Commentary}
Rest {Nave's Topical Bible}
Other topical entries containing Ezra 4:7:
Temple, The Second {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Slander {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
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