Ezra 4:19
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I issued an order and a search was made, and it was found that this city has a long history of revolt against kings and has been a place of rebellion and sedition.
Read Ezra 4:19 Using Other Translations
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
And I made a decree, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city from of old has risen against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.
I ordered a search of the records and have found that Jerusalem has indeed been a hotbed of insurrection against many kings. In fact, rebellion and revolt are normal there!
What does Ezra 4:19 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Ezra 4:19
And I commanded, and search hath been made
In the records of his predecessors, whether Chaldeans or
Persians:
and it is found that this city of old time hath made
insurrection
against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been
made therein:
and yet this could not be carried higher than to the times of
Zedekiah and Jehoiakim, as before observed, which was not one
hundred years ago, unless the rebellion of Hezekiah against the
king of Assyria could be thought to be in these records, (
2 Kings
18:7 ) , and yet from hence it is concluded as if in ages
past they had been guilty of rebellion and sedition, and even
always.
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