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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 4:13

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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4:13 A tribute was an annual fixed tax, customs were probably sales taxes, and tolls were probably charges for using roads. Previous rulers had collected considerable revenue from the region (4:20; cp. 1 Kgs 10:14-15).
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