Yǐsīlājì 4:1

1 Yóudà hé Biànyǎmǐn de dírén , tīngshuō beìlǔ guī huí de rén , wèi Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén jiànzào diàn yǔ ,

Yǐsīlājì 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 4:1

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin
The Samaritans, as appears from ( Ezra 4:2 Ezra 4:10 ) ,

heard that the children of the captivity;
the Jews, who had been in captivity seventy years, and were just come out of it, and still were not quite free, but under the jurisdiction and control of the king of Persia:

builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;
that they were going about it, and had laid the foundation of it, which might soon come to their ears, the distance not being very great. Josephus ^F3 says they heard the sound of the trumpets, and came to know the meaning of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Antiqu. l. 11. c. 4. sect. 3.

Yǐsīlājì 4:1 In-Context

1 Yóudà hé Biànyǎmǐn de dírén , tīngshuō beìlǔ guī huí de rén , wèi Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén jiànzào diàn yǔ ,

2 Jiù qù jiàn Suǒluóbābó hé Yǐsèliè de zúzhǎng , duì tāmen shuō , qǐng róng wǒmen yǔ nǐmen yītóng jiànzào . yīnwei wǒmen xúnqiú nǐmen de shén , yǔ nǐmen yíyàng . zì cóng Yàshù wáng Yǐsāhādùndaì wǒmen shang zhè dì yǐlái , wǒmen cháng jìsì shén .

3 Dàn Suǒluóbābó , Yéshūyà , hé qíyú Yǐsèliè de zúzhǎng duì tāmen shuō , wǒmen jiànzào shén de diàn yǔ nǐmen wúgān , wǒmen zìjǐ wèi Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén xié lì jiànzào , shì zhào Bōsī wáng Gǔliè suǒ fēnfu de .

4 Nà dì de mín , jiù zaì Yóudà rén jiànzào de shíhou , shǐ tāmende shǒu fā ruǎn , rǎoluàn tāmen .

5 Cóng Bōsī wáng Gǔliè nián jiān , zhídào Bōsī wáng Dàlìwū dēng jī de shíhou , huì mǎi móu shì , yào baìhuaì tāmende móu suàn .