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Ezra 4:10

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and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth.

KJV

And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.

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This verse in Ezra 4

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The great and noble Asnapper - Whether this was Shalmaneser, or Esar-haddon, or some other person, learned men and chronologists are not agreed. The Syriac terms him Asphid; but of this person we know no more than we do of Asnapper. He might have been the military officer who was appointed to escort this people to Judea.

This site's exposition

wrote a letter against Jerusalem

on Ezra 4:8-10

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem, and the roll of their companions in verse 9 names peoples from across the empire, Dinaites, Apharsathchites, Tarpelites and the rest. Verse 10 traces them to the great and noble Asnappar, generally identified with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, who set them in the cities of Samaria, the same resettlement policy that 2 Kings 17:24 records under Sargon's line. The letter's signers descend from the very population that offered to help build the temple back in verse 2, opposition and offer rising from the same mixed community.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

And the rest of the nations and the rest of the nations that Sennacherib exiled; they have all concurred.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezra 4:10:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
This is the meaning of the letter and this is the interpretation of the letter.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezra 4:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּשְׁאָ֣רand [the] rest of

    ushearH7606 →12 times

  • אֻמַּיָּ֗אnations the

    ʾumaiya'H524 →

  • דִּ֤יwhich

    diH1768 →345 times

  • הַגְלִי֙he took into exile

    hagliH1541 →

  • אָסְנַפַּר֙Osnappar

    ʾasenaparH620 →

  • רַבָּ֣א<the> great

    raba'H7229 →15 times

  • וְיַקִּירָ֔אand <the> honorable

    veyakira'H3358 →

  • וְהוֹתֵ֣בand he caused to dwell

    vehotevH3488 →

  • הִמּ֔וֹthem

    himoH1994 →12 times

  • בְּקִרְיָ֖הin [the] city

    bekiryahH7149 →9 times

  • דִּ֣יof

    diH1768 →345 times

  • שָׁמְרָ֑יִןSamaria

    shamerayinH8115 →

  • וּשְׁאָ֥רand [the] rest of

    ushearH7606 →12 times

  • עֲבַֽר־[the] region beyond

    ʾavar-H5675 →14 times

  • נַהֲרָ֖הriver the

    naharah'H5103 →15 times

  • וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃and now

    ukheenetH3706 →4 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezra 4:17Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.5 worksEzra 4:11(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:4 worksEzra 7:12Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.4 worksEzra 4:1When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,3 works2 Kings 17:24–41Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.3 worksRomans 13:7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Kings 13:32for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”2 worksIsaiah 8:7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ezra 7:12

    Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 26:7

      For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company…

    • Daniel 2:37

      You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

    • Ezra 4:17

      Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.

  • Through

    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,

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 22:9–10

      But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and…

    • Ezra 1:11

      In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

    • Ezra 10:16

      So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they…

    • Ezra 6:16

      Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

    • 1 Kings 5:4–5

      But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.

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