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以斯拉记 7:14
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你既然是王和他七位顧問所派去的，就要照著你手中 神的律法書，查察猶大和耶路撒冷的情況。
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
of the king: Chal, from before the king
seven counsellors: Seven princes of Persia having conspired against and slain the usurper Smerdis, and thus made way for the family of Darius, which afterwards filled the throne, the Persian kings of this race had always seven chief princes as their counsellors, who possessed peculiar privileges, were his chief assistants in the government, and by whose advice all the public affairs of the empire were transacted. The names of these counsellors are given in the parallel place of the book of Esther. Esther 1:14
according: Ezra 7:25, Ezra 7:26, Deuteronomy 17:18, Deuteronomy 17:19, Isaiah 8:20
thy God: Ezra 1:3, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:12, Daniel 2:47, Daniel 6:20, Daniel 6:26
Reciprocal: Ezra 7:28 - his counsellors Esther 3:1 - above all the princes Zechariah 6:10 - which
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors,.... Such a number the kings of Persia used to have from the times of Darius Hystaspis, who was chosen out of seven nobles to be king, and ever after the Persian kings had seven counsellors privileged, as those nobles were, Esther 1:14, and Ezra had the honour to be sent with a commission from this king and his seven counsellors,
to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem; the inhabitants thereof, whether they had knowledge of and behaved
according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; a copy of which he had with him, and was very expert in and conversant with, and could readily and at once pass judgment whether they acted according to it or not.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Seven counselors - Herodotus relates that there were seven families pre-eminent in Persia, those of the seven conspirators against the Pseudo-Smerdis (Ezra 4:7 note); and it is reasonable to suppose that the heads of these families formed the special council of the king; the âAchaemenidae,â or royal family, being represented by the head of the branch next in succession to that of the reigning monarch (see the marginal reference).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. His seven counsellors — It is very likely that the privy counsel of the king consisted of seven persons simply. The names of these seven counsellors or chamberlains may be found in the book of Esther, Esther 1:10.
