Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
the adversaries (These were the Samaritans, the descendants of the various nations with which the kings of Assyria had peopled Israel, when they had carried the original inhabitants captive.)
Ezra 7:9 For on the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, …
1 Kings 5:4,5 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that …
1 Chronicles 22:9,10 Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and …
Nehemiah 4:1-11 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we built the …
Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand…
1 Corinthians 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
children of the captivity. Heb. sons of the transportation
Ezra 1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred…
Ezra 6:16,19,20 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the …
Ezra 10:7,16 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all …
Daniel 5:13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spoke and …
Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
Zerubbabel
Ezra 1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and …
Ezra 2:2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, …
Ezra 3:2,12 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, …
Let us
Proverbs 26:23-26 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross…
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves …
Galatians 2:4 And that because of false brothers unawares brought in, who came …
2 Timothy 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist …
2 Peter 2:1,2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there …
we do
2 Kings 17:24,27-33,41 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, …
Esarhaddon
Ezra 4:10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought …
Asnappar
2 Kings 19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god…
Assur
Genesis 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city …
Psalm 73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Isaiah 37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and …
Assyria
Hosea 14:3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride on horses: neither will …
Asshur
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
Ye have nothing
Nehemiah 2:20 Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will …
John 4:22,23 You worship you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation …
Acts 8:21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter: for your heart is not …
Romans 9:4,5 Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, …
3 John 1:9,10 I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence …
king Cyrus
Ezra 1:1-3 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the …
Ezra 6:3-5 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made …
2 Chronicles 36:22,23 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the …
Isaiah 44:28 That said of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: …
Isaiah 45:1,4 Thus said the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I …
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you …
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
weakened
Ezra 3:3 And they set the altar on his bases; for fear was on them because …
Nehemiah 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened …
Isaiah 35:3,4 Strengthen you the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees…
Jeremiah 38:4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this …
troubled
Nehemiah 4:7,8,11 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, …
And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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.
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.
A.M.
Bishlam. or, in peace. companions. Heb. societies
Ezra 4:9,17 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the …
Ezra 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, …
the Syrian tongue (That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which has put such a thing …
2 Kings 18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, …
Isaiah 36:11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray …
Daniel 2:4 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for …
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
companions. Chal. societies. the Dinaites
2 Kings 17:24,30,31 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, …
Apharsathchites
Ezra 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, …
Ezra 6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, …
Apharsachites. Susanchites
Esther 1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of …
Esther 2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom…
Daniel 8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was …
Elamites
Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Isaiah 21:2 A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous dealer deals …
Jeremiah 25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the …
Jeremiah 49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam …
Ezekiel 32:24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of …
Acts 2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, …
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
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.
rebellious
Ezra 4:15,19 That search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: …
2 Kings 18:20 You say, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength …
2 Kings 24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim …
2 Chronicles 36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him …
Jeremiah 52:3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and …
Ezekiel 17:12-21 Say now to the rebellious house, Know you not what these things mean? …
Luke 23:2-5 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting …
Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition …
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
1 Peter 2:13-15 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: …
bad city
Psalm 48:1,2 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, …
Isaiah 1:21-23 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; …
Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kill the prophets, and stone them that …
set up. or, finished
Nehemiah 1:3 And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there …
Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand…
joined. Chal. sewed together
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
if this city
Nehemiah 5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's …
Psalm 52:2 The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts …
pay. Chal. give. toll
Ezra 7:24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, …
Matthew 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, …
Matthew 17:25 He said, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented …
Romans 13:6,7 For for this cause pay you tribute also: for they are God's ministers, …
revenue. or, strength
Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
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.
this city
Ezra 4:12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews which came up from you to …
Nehemiah 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, …
Nehemiah 6:6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu …
Esther 3:5-8 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, …
Daniel 6:4-13 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel …
Acts 17:6,7 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brothers …
moved. Chal. made. within the same. Chal in the midst thereof. for which
2 Kings 24:20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and …
2 Kings 25:1,4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth …
Jeremiah 52:3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and …
We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
companions. Chal. societies
Ezra 4:7,9 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, …
Peace
Ezra 5:7 They sent a letter to him, wherein was written thus; To Darius the …
Ezra 7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law …
Luke 10:5 And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
Acts 23:26 Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix sends greeting.
Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace …
at such a time
Ezra 4:10,11 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought …
The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
mighty king
1 Kings 4:21,24 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land …
1 Chronicles 18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to …
Psalm 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to …
beyond
Ezra 4:16 We certify the king that, if this city be built again, and the walls …
Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your …
Joshua 1:3,4 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread on, that have …
toll
1 Chronicles 18:6,13 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became …
1 Chronicles 19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the …
2 Chronicles 9:14,23,24 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought…
2 Chronicles 17:11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute …
2 Chronicles 26:7,8 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians …
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
So
Nehemiah 6:3,9 And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so …
Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite …
1 Thessalonians 2:18 Why we would have come to you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan …
Darius (This was Darius Hystaspes, one of the seven princes who slew the usurper Smerdis: he ascended the throne of Persia, A.M.
Ezra 5:5 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, that they …
Ezra 6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house …
Haggai 1:15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year …
