Ezra 4:18

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

surat yang kamu kirim kepada kami, telah dibacakan kepadaku dengan jelas.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
surat yang kamu kirim kepada kami, telah dibacakan kepadaku dengan jelas.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Adapun surat kiriman yang telah kamu layangkan kepada kita itu, ia itu sudah dibacakan di hadapan kita dengan nyatanya.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ Then sent the king an aunswere vnto Rehum the recorder and Samsai the scribe, and to the other of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and vnto the other that were beyond the water in Selam and Cheeth. ¹⁸ The letter which ye sent vnto vs, hath ben openly read before me. ¹⁹ And I haue commaunded to make searche, and it is found that this citie of olde hath made insurrection against kinges, and that rebellion and sedition hath ben committed therein. ²⁰ There haue ben mightie kinges also at Hierusalem, which haue raigned ouer all countreys beyond the water: and toule, tribute, and custome was geuen vnto them, ²¹ Geue ye nowe therefore commaundement, that the same men be forbidden, and that the citie be not builded againe, till I haue geuen another commaundement. ²² Take heede now that ye be not negligent to do this: for why should the king haue harme there through? ²³ Nowe when the copie of king Artaxerxes letter was read before Rehum & Simsai the scribe, and their companyons, they went vp in all the haste to Hierusalem vnto the Iewes, and forbad them with violence and power. ²⁴ Then ceassed the worke of the house of God at Hierusalem, and continued so vnto the second yere of Darius king of Persia.

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Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
Henoch lyued sixtie and fiue yeres, & begate Methuselah.

Genesis 36:2
Esau toke his wiues of ye daughters of Chanaan: Ada ye daughter of Ebon an Hethite, and Aholibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sibeon an Heuite,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The letter which ye sent unto us,.... The plural number is used, being now become courtly for kings thus to speak of themselves:

hath been plainly before me; by such that understood both the Syrian and Persian languages; the letter was written in the Syrian language, and the king being a Persian, it was necessary it should be interpreted and explained to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hath been ... read - It is doubtful if the Persian monarchs could ordinarily read. At any rate, it was their habit to have documents read to them (compare Esther 6:1). This is still the ordinary practice in Eastern courts.