Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
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Gill's Exposition
Be it known unto the king,.... This seems to have been the usual form of beginning a letter to a king in those days, Ezr 4:12 that we went into the province of Judea; which from a kingdom was reduced…
Barnes' Notes
Great stones - literally, as in the margin; i. e., stones so large that they were rolled along, not carried. Others translate “polished stones.”
Adam Clarke
With great stones - They are making a very strong and a very costly building.
We have here, I. The cognizance which their neighbours soon took of the reviving of this good work. A jealous eye, it seems, they had upon them, and no sooner did the Spirit of God stir up the friends…
Cambridge Bible
the province of Judea R.V. the province of Judah. On -the province" see Ezr 2:1. The A.V. gives the title -Judea", which belongs to a later time, as the name of a country inhabited by the Jews. It…
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