Apharesattechites Apharesites Apharsathchites Apharsites Archevites Associates Babylon Babylonians Chancellor Chief Colleagues Commander Commanding Companions Counsellor Dehaites Dehavites Dehites Dianites Dinaites Dinites Elamites Erech Friends Governors Judges Lesser Letter Officer Officials Persia Persians Rehum Rest Ruler Scribe Secretaries Secretary Shimshai Shim'shai Shushanchites Susa Susanchites Tarpelites Tripolis Wrote
4:9 Then [wrote] Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the {f} Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, [and] the Elamites,
(f) These were people whom the Assyrians placed in Samaria instead of the ten tribes.
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.
Associates Babylonians Chancellor Colleagues Commander Commanding Companions Elamites Erech Governors Judges Officer Officials Persia Persians Rehum Rest Scribe Secretaries Secretary Shimshai Shim'shai Susa Together Wrote
Associates Babylonians Chancellor Colleagues Commander Commanding Companions Elamites Erech Governors Judges Officer Officials Persia Persians Rehum Rest Scribe Secretaries Secretary Shimshai Shim'shai Susa Together Wrote
