Ezra 4:1 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 4:1

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;

KJV

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Adversaries - i. e., the Samaritans, a mixed race, partly Israelite but chiefly foreign, which had replaced to some extent the ancient inhabitants after they were carried into captivity by Sargon (see 2Ki 17:6 note).

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ	vai.yish.me.'U	and they heard	H8085 →
צָרֵ֥י	tza.Rei	[the] opponents of	H6862 →
יְהוּדָ֖ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן	u.vin.ya.Min	and Benjamin	H1144 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
בְנֵ֤י	ve.Nei	[the] children of	H1121 →
הַגּוֹלָה֙	ha.go.Lah	the exile	H1473 →
בּוֹנִ֣ים	bo.Nim	[were] building	H1129 →
הֵיכָ֔ל	hei.Khal	a temple	H1964 →
לַיהוָ֖ה	la.Yah.weh	for Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezra 7:9
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his…
leads to
- Ezra 7:6
  this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for…
- Nehemiah 2:8
  And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the…
- Nehemiah 2:18
  I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this…
Through
Daniel 9:25
Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets…
leads to
- Ezra 4:24
  Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- Isaiah 55:4
  Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
- Isaiah 9:6
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
- John 1:41
  He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
- John 4:25
  The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”