Ezra 4:1

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin,.... The Samaritans, as appears from Ezr 4:2,

heard that the children of the captivity; the Jews, who had been in captivity seventy years, and were…

Adversaries - i. e., the Samaritans, a mixed race, partly Israelite but chiefly foreign, which had replaced to some extent the ancient inhabitants after they were carried into captivity by Sargon (see…

Now when the adversaries - These were the Samaritans, and the different nations with which the kings of Assyria had peopled Israel, when they had carried the original inhabitants away into captivity,…

We have here an instance of the old enmity that was put between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. God's temple cannot be built, but Satan will rage, and the gates of hell will fight…

The Record of Opposition. (1) Ezr 4:1-5, from the reign of Cyrus to the reign of Darius. (2) Ezr 4:6, during the reign of Xerxes. (3) Ezr 4:7-23, during the reign of Artaxerxes

1. Nowwhen the…