Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Ezra 4:7

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am 3482, bc 522 Artaxerxes: This Artaxerxes was one of the Magi, who usurped the throne after the death of Cambyses, for seven months, feigning himself to be Smerdis, brother of Cambyses. he is called Oropoestus by Justin, Smerdis by Herodotus, Mardus by AEschylus, and Sphendatates by Ctesias. Bishlam: or, in peace companions: Heb. societies, Ezr 4:9, Ezr 4:17, Ezr 5:6 the Syrian tongue: That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the Ezr 4:8 of this chapter, to Ezr 7:27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee, in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc., originally written in that language. Kg2 18:26; Isa 36:11; Dan 2:4 Ezra 4:8

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