Ezra 4:12
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
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Gill's Exposition
Be it known now unto the king,.... And let it be seriously and thoroughly considered by him and his counsellors:
that if this city be builded, and its walls set up again, then will they not pay…
Cyrus stedfastly adhered to the Jews' interest, and supported his own grant. It was to no purpose to offer any thing to him in prejudice of it. What he did was from a good principle, and in the fear…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the Jews We have here practically the first application of this name to the new community at Jerusalem. It had been used of the Southern Kingdom (2Ki 16:6; 2Ki 25:25; 2Ch 32:18) and of its exiles (Jer…
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