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Ezra 4:3
Ezra 4:3
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Ezra 4 — OverviewEzra 4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe good work of rebuilding the temple was no sooner begun than it met
with opposition from those that bore ill will to it; the Samaritans
were enemies to the Jews and their religion, and they set themselves to…Ezra 4 — OverviewEzra 4 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEzra 4:1, The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of the temple with the Jews, endeavour to hinder it; Ezra 4:7, Their letter to Artaxerxes; Ezra 4:17, The answer and decree of Artaxerxes; Ezra 4:23, The…Ezra 4 — OverviewEzra 4 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe contents of this chapter are the offer the Samaritans made to the Jews, to assist them in building the temple, which having refused, they gave them all the trouble they could, Ezr 4:1 and a letter of theirs to…Ezra 4:1-5Ezra 4:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an instance of the old enmity that was put between the
seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. God's temple cannot be
built, but Satan will rage, and the gates of hell will fight against
it.…Ezra 4:3Ezra 4:3 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeYe have nothing: Nehemiah 2:20; John 4:22-23; Acts 8:21; Romans 9:4-5; 3 John 1:9-10
king Cyrus: Ezra 1:1-3, Ezra 6:3-5; 2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Isaiah 44:28, Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:4; Matthew 10:16