Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
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Gill's Exposition
I make a decree,.... Which, according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, when signed, might not be changed, Dan 6:8,
that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my…
Barnes' Notes
The title, “king of kings,” is assumed by almost all the persian monarchs in their inscriptions. Perfect peace - “Peace” is not in the original, and the word translated “perfect” occurs only in this…
Adam Clarke
Artaxerxes, king of kings - This letter, from the beginning of this verse to the end of Ezr 7:26, is in the Aramitic or Chaldee language.
This title of the king would, in Persian, run thus: Ardsheer…
We have here the commission which the Persian emperor granted to Ezra, giving him authority to act for the good of the Jews; and it is very ample and full, and beyond what could have been expected.…
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