2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 170
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nine, vials of gold thirty,
and of silver two thousand
four hundred and ten, and a
thousand other vessels.
14 So all the vessels of gold,
and of silver which were
Cf.
away, were five
Ezra 1:11. carried
but five
four hundred,
thousand four thousand,
hundred.
threescore
and
nine.
5,469 vessels
of gold and 15 These were brought back
silver. These
mostly came by Sheshbazzar, together with
from Ophir.
them of the captivity, from
Babylon to Yerusalem.
Hebr. knives,
Cf. Ezra 1:9,
Ezra 1:10.
but four
hundred and
ten.
Opposition to Rebuilding
Yerusalem
16 But in the time of
Artaxerxes king of the Persians,
Bishlam, and Mithridates,
and Tabeel, and Rehum, and
Beltethmus, and Shimshai the
Cf. Ezra 4:6. scribe, with others that were
Bahumus
and the in commission with them,
name which
follows, is but dwelling in Samaria and other
an epithet to
the former, places, wrote unto him against
Ezra 4:9.
Shimshai, them that dwelt in Yahudea
Ezra 4:8.
Note: and Yerusalem, these letters
These are
Samaritans following.
not Israelites. 17 To King Artaxerxes our
Some hold
the title lord, Your servants Rehum
“scribe” and
they will the recorder, and Shimshai
become the
scribes and the scribe, and the rest of
Sanhedrin
in Yahudea their counsel, and the Judges
after 165 B.C.
when the that are in Coelesyria and
Samaritans
conquered Phoenicia.
the Temple
and 18 Be it now known to the lord
usurped the the king, that the Yahudim
priesthood.
that are come up from you to
Chaldean
name for
Cambyses,
son of Cyrus.
It cannot be
the grandson
of Darius.
K I N G D O M
us, being come into Yerusalem
(that rebellious and wicked
city,) do build the market
places, and repair the walls of
it, and do lay the foundation
of the Temple.
19 Now if this city, and the
walls thereof be made up
again, they will not only refuse
to give tribute, but also rebel
against kings.
20 And forasmuch as the
things pertaining to the
Temple, are now in hand, we
think it meet not to neglect
such a matter,
21 But to speak unto our lord
the king, to the intent that if
it be your pleasure, it may be
sought out in the books of
your fathers:
22 And you shall find in the
Chronicles, what is written
concerning these things, and
shall understand that that city
was rebellious, troubling both
kings and cities:
23 And that the Yahudim
were rebellious, and raised
always wars therein, for the
which cause even this city was
made desolate.
24 Wherefore now we do
declare unto you, (O lord the
king) that if this city be built
again, and the walls thereof
set up anew, you shall from
henceforth have no passage
into Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
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