Ezra 4:15

That examination may be made in your fathers' book of record; and you shall find, and you shall know that city is rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the midst of it from very old time refuges for runaway slaves: therefore this city has been made desolate.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14And it is not lawful for us to see the dishonor of the king: therefore have we sent and made known the matter to the king;

16We therefore declare to the king, that, if that city be built, and its walls be set up, you shall not have peace.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:4And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls, this is the gate of the king's garden: and the Chaldeans were set against the city round about: and the king went by the way of + 25:4 Gr. from the Heb. the plain.

Nehemiah 2:19And Sanaballat the Aronite, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesam the Arabian, heard it, and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What is this thing that you⌃ are doing? are you⌃ revolting against the king?

Esther 2:23And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal + 2:23 Gr. library. records of the good offices of Mardochaeus, as a commendation.

Esther 3:8And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.

Daniel 6:4Then the governors and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel; but they found against him no occasion, nor trespass, nor error, because he was faithful.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 4:7-17

The Jews Misrepresented. ( b. c. 521.) 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. 8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the… Read the whole commentary →

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