Accusation Ahasuerus Ahasu-e'rus Beginning Commencement Inhabitants Jerusalem Judah Lodged Record Reign Statement Written Wrote Xerxes
4:6 And in the reign of {d} Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they [unto him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
(d) He was also called Artaxerxes which is a Persian name, some think it was Cambises Cyrus' son, or Darius, as in Ezr 4:5.
4:6 Ahasuerus - A common name to divers kings of Persia. Cambyses the son and successor of Cyrus, was known to be no friend to the Jewish nation.
4:6-24 It is an old slander, that the prosperity of the church would be hurtful to kings and princes. Nothing can be more false, for true godliness teaches us to honour and obey our sovereign. But where the command of God requires one thing and the law of the land another, we must obey God rather than man, and patiently submit to the consequences. All who love the gospel should avoid all appearance of evil, lest they should encourage the adversaries of the church. The world is ever ready to believe any accusation against the people of God, and refuses to listen to them. The king suffered himself to be imposed upon by these frauds and falsehoods. Princes see and hear with other men's eyes and ears, and judge things as represented to them, which are often done falsely. But God's judgment is just; he sees things as they are.
Accusation Ahasuerus Ahasu-E'rus Beginning Commencement First Inhabitants Jerusalem Judah Lodged Record Reign Statement Time Written Wrote Xerxes
Accusation Ahasuerus Ahasu-E'rus Beginning Commencement First Inhabitants Jerusalem Judah Lodged Record Reign Statement Time Written Wrote Xerxes
