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Ezra 4:5 KJV
Ezra · chapter 4 · verse 5
And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.Ezra 4:5 · King James Version
Ezra 4:5 in context
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.
4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
5And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- counsellorsyâʻatsto adviseH3289 →
- frustratepârarto break upH6565 →
- purposeʻêtsâhadviceH6098 →
- PersiaPâraçParas , an Eastern country, including its inhabitantsH6539 →
- DariusDârᵉyâvêshDarejavesh, a title of several Persian kingsH1867 →
- hiredsâkarto hireH7936 →
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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