John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 4:14

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, etc.] Have posts under the king, to which salaries were annexed, by which they were supported, and which they had from the king’s exchequer; or “salt” f49 , as in the original, some places of honour and trust formerly being paid in salt; hence, as Pliny f50 observes, such honours and rewards were called “salaries”: and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour; to see any thing done injurious to his crown and dignity, to his honour and revenues, when we are supported by him; this would be ungrateful as well as unjust: therefore have we sent and certified the king; of the truth of what is before related; and, for the further confirmation of it, refer him to the ancient records of the kingdom, as follows.

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