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Ezra 4:1 KJV
Ezra · chapter 4 · verse 1
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;Ezra 4:1 · King James Version
Ezra 4:1 in context
1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
2Then 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.
3But 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- adversariestsarnarrowH6862 →
- captivitygôwlâhexileH1473 →
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- buildedbânâhto buildH1129 →
- templehêykâla large public building, such as a palace or templeH1964 →
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We 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. The gospel kingdom was, in like manner, to be set up with much struggling and contention.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5