Ezra 4:15

That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
search	יְבַקַּר֩ ye.va.Kar	H1240	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
book	בִּֽסְפַר bis.far-	H5609	a book · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
records	דָּכְרָ֨נַיָּ֜א da.khe.Ra.nai.Ya'	H1799	a register · noun, common masculine plural determined + particle of affirmation
fathers	אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ 'a.va.ha.Takh	H2	father · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
find	וּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּח U.te.hash.kach	H7912	to discover (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil, 2nd person masculine singular
book	בִּסְפַ֣ר bis.Far	H5609	a book · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
records	דָּכְרָנַיָּא֮ da.khe.ra.nai.Ya'	H1799	a register · noun, common masculine plural determined + particle of affirmation
know	וְתִנְדַּע֒ ve.tin.Da'	H3046	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal, 2nd person masculine singular
this	דָ֜ךְ dakh	H1791	this · demonstrative particle
city	קִרְיְתָ֨א kir.ye.Ta'	H7149	building · noun, common feminine singular determined + particle of affirmation
rebellious	מָֽרָדָ֗א ma.ra.Da'	H4779	rebellious · adjective, feminine singular absolute
city	קִרְיָ֣א kir.Ya'	H7149	building · noun, common feminine singular absolute
hurtful	וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤ת u.me.han.ze.Kat	H5142	to suffer (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil active participle, feminine singular construct
kings	מַלְכִין֙ mal.Khin	H4430	a king · noun, common masculine plural absolute
provinces	וּמְדִנָ֔ן u.me.di.Nan	H4083	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural absolute
moved	עָבְדִ֣ין 'a.ve.Din	H5648	to do · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
sedition	וְאֶשְׁתַּדּוּר֙ ve.'esh.ta.Dur	H849	rebellion · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
same	בְּגַוַּ֔הּ be.ga.Vah	H1459	the middle · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
of	מִן min-	H4481	properly · preposition
old	עָלְמָ֑א 'al.Ma'	H5957	remote time · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
time	יוֹמָ֖ת yo.Mat	H3118	a day · noun, common feminine plural construct
for	עַ֨ל 'Al-	H5922	above · preposition
which	דְּנָ֔ה de.Nah	H1836	this · demonstrative particle
this	דָ֖ךְ dakh	H1791	this · demonstrative particle
city	קִרְיְתָ֥א kir.ye.Ta'	H7149	building · noun, common feminine singular determined + particle of affirmation
destroyed	הָֽחָרְבַֽת Ha.cha.re.Vat	H2718	to demolish · verb, hophal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

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, an…
2 Kings 24:20-25:1 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebell…
2 Kings 25:4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (n…
Nehemiah 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despi…
Nehemiah 6:6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buil…
Esther 3:5-8 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
Jeremiah 52:3-34 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelle…
Daniel 6:4-13 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault;…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 4:6-16

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 of God, and therefore he adhered to it. But, though his reign in all was thirty years, yet after the conquest of Babylon, and his decree for the release of the Jews, some think that he reigned but three years, others seven, and then either died or gave up that part of his government, in which his successor was Ahasuerus (Ezr 4:6), called also Artaxerxes (Ezr 4:7), supposed to be the same that in heathen authors is called Cambyses, who had never taken such cognizance of the despised Jews as to con…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 4:14

we have maintenance from the king's palace--literally, "we are salted with the salt of the palace." "Eating a prince's salt" is an Oriental phrase, equivalent to "receiving maintenance from him."

Adam Clarke on Ezra 4:15

The book of the records of thy fathers - That is, the records of the Chaldeans, to whom the Persians succeeded.

John Gill on Ezra 4:15

That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers,.... That is, his predecessors in the Babylonian monarchy; though, as the Medes and Persians were included in that, and joined the Babylonians in their wars with others, and particularly with the Jews, the records of the Medes and Persians might also be applied to: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; against the king of Babylon, particularly in the times of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah: for which cause was this city destroyed; as it was by Nebuchadnezzar; see 2 Kings 24:1.

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 4:6-23

Dictionary and topics

Dung — (1.) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be “cast out as dung,” a figurative…
Rehum — Merciful. (1.) One of “the children of the province” who returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:2); the same as “Nehum” (Neh. 7:7). (2.) The “chancellor” of Artaxerxes, who sought to stir him up against…
Accusation, False · .Against Jews, returned un — .Against Jews, returned un
Artaxerxes · .Prohibits the rebuilding of — .Prohibits the rebuilding of
Bishlam · A Samaritan who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple at — A Samaritan who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple at
Books · Important events recorded in — Important events recorded in
Persia · Artaxerxes I — Artaxerxes I
Slander · Exemplified: Enemies of the Jews — Exemplified: Enemies of the Jews
Temple, The Second · The Samaritans: Wrote to Artaxerxes Smerdis to interrupt the building — The Samaritans: Wrote to Artaxerxes Smerdis to interrupt the building

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezra 4:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 4:6-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 4:14

Adam Clarke on Ezra 4:15

John Gill on Ezra 4:15

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 4:6-23

Dictionary and topics

Ezra 4:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 4:6-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 4:14

Adam Clarke on Ezra 4:15

John Gill on Ezra 4:15

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 4:6-23

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 4:15-16

Rashi on Ezra 4:15