What Is the Significance of the Pishon River in the Bible?
Lisa Loraine Baker
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Ezra 5:7
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They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace!
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Ezra 5:7 Meaning and Commentary
Ezra 5:7
They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus
Or this was the inscription of it:
unto Darius the king, all peace;
wishing him all kind of happiness and prosperity.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Ezra 5:7 In-Context
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But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease till the matter came to Darius; and then they returned answer by letter concerning it.
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The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were on this side the river, sent to Darius the king.
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They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace!
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Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work is being carried on with diligence, and prospers in their hand.
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Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?
The Darby Translation is in the public domain.