Ezra 4:20
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Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them.
Read Ezra 4:20 Using Other Translations
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.
Powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem and the entire province west of the Euphrates River, receiving tribute, customs, and tolls.
What does Ezra 4:20 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Ezra 4:20
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which
have
ruled over all countries beyond the river
As David and Solomon; and the account of these they had in their
records, see ( 2 Samuel 8:1
) ( 1 Kings
4:21 1 Kings 4:24
)
and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto
them;
as appears from the places referred to; and this served to
strengthen the insinuation made to the king, that if these people
were suffered to go on building, he would lose his tribute and
taxes in those parts.
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