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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezra 4:24

So: Nehemiah 6:3, Nehemiah 6:9, Job 20:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Darius: This was Darius Hystaspes, one of the seven princes who slew the usurper Smerdis: he ascended the throne of Persia, am 3483, bc 521, and reigned 36 years. Ezra 5:5, Ezra 6:1, Haggai 1:15 Reciprocal: Ezra 4:5 - Darius Ezra 6:14 - Cyrus Daniel 9:25 - from Daniel 10:13 - the prince Haggai 1:2 - This Haggai 2:15 - from before Zechariah 1:1 - the eighth read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ezra 4:24

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.Darius — Darius the son of Hystaspes, successor of Cambyses. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 4:24

24. Then ceased That is, as the evident connexion with the preceding section shows, when these enemies, by authority from the king, forcibly obliged them to stop work on the temple. This verse shows that the Artaxerxes of Ezra 4:23 cannot be the same as the one mentioned Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:1, but is a king who preceded Darius. Unto the second year of… Darius Artaxerxes, the pseudo-Smerdis, who issued the edict for the work to cease, was assassinated in less than a year after he began to... read more

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