Ezra 4 · Verse 9

Ezra 4:9

Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
Ezra 4:9, King James Version

Ezra 4:9 in other translations

BSBFrom Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
WEBThen Rehum the chancellor, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
ASVthen wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
YLTThen Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their companions, Dinaites, and Apharsathchites, Tarpelites, Apharsites, Archevites, Babylonians, Susanchites, (who are Elamites),
DARBYRehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
BBEThe letter was sent by Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe and their friends; the Dinaites and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
WebsterThen wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dianites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

What does Ezra 4:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. the Dinaites--The people named were the colonists sent by the Babylonian monarch to occupy the territory of the ten tribes. "The great and noble Asnappar" was Esar-haddon. Immediately after the murder of Sennacherib, the Babylonians, Medes, Armenians, and other tributary people seized the opportunity of throwing off the Assyrian yoke. But Esar-haddon having, in the thirtieth year of his reign, recovered Babylon and subdued the other rebellious dependents, transported numbers of them into the waste cities of Samaria, most probably as a punishment of their revolt [Hales].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 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…

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Ezra 4:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֱדַ֜יִן'e.Da.yinthenH116
רְח֣וּםre.ChumRehumH7348
בְּעֵל\־be.'el-lord ofH1169
טְעֵ֗םte.'EmcommandH2942
וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ve.shim.Shaiand ShimshaiH8124
סָֽפְרָ֔אsa.fe.Ra'scribe theH5613
וּשְׁאָ֖רu.she.'Arand [the] rest ofH7606
כְּנָוָתְה֑וֹןke.na.va.te.Honassociates theirH3675
דִּ֠ינָיֵאDi.na.ye'Dinay theH1784
וַאֲפַרְסַתְכָיֵ֞אva.'a.far.sat.kha.Ye'and officials theH671
טַרְפְּלָיֵ֣אtar.pe.la.Ye'Tarpelites theH2967
אֲפָֽרְסָיֵ֗א'a.fa.re.sa.Ye'Sipparites theH670
אַרְכְּוָיֵ֤א'ar.ke.vai'Erechites theH756
בָבְלָיֵא֙va.ve.la.Ye'Babylonians theH896
שֽׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵ֔אshu.shan.kha.Ye'Susanchites theH7801
דֶּהָיֵ֖אdi.hu'Dehavites theH1723
עֵלְמָיֵֽא\׃'e.le.ma.Ye'Elamites theH5962

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Cross references for Ezra 4:9

  • Ezra 5:6

    The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

  • Ezra 6:6

    Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar–boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

  • 2 Kings 17:24

    And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

  • 2 Kings 17:30-31

    And the men of Babylon made Succoth–benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

  • Esther 2:3

    And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

  • Daniel 8:2

    And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

  • Acts 2:9

    Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

  • Isaiah 21:2

    A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

  • Ezekiel 32:24

    There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

  • Esther 1:2

    That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

  • Jeremiah 49:34

    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

  • Genesis 10:22

    The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
companions. Chal. societies. the Dinaites.
2Ki 17:24,30,31
Apharsathchites.
5:6; 6:6
Apharsachites. Susanchites.
Es 1:2; 2:3; Da 8:2
Elamites.
Ge 10:22; Isa 21:2; Jer 25:25; 49:34; Eze 32:24; Ac 2:9

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Context

  • Ezra 4:8

    Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

  • Ezra 4:9

    Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

  • Ezra 4:10

    And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.

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Ezra 4:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Rehum canciller, y Simsai secretario, y los demás sus compañeros, los Dineos, y los Apharsathachêos, Thepharleos, Apharseos, los Erchûeos, los Babilonios, Susanchêos, Dieveos, y Elamitas;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors Rehum, chancelier, et Shimshaï, secrétaire, et le reste de leurs collègues, les Dinites, les Apharsathkites, les Tarpelites, les Apharsites, les Arkévites, les Babyloniens, les Susankites, les Déhaviens, les Élamites,
German
Elberfelder 1871
damals schrieben nämlich Rechum, der Statthalter, und Schimschai, der Schreiber, und ihre übrigen Genossen, Diniter und Apharsathkiter, Tarpeliter, Apharsiter, Arkewiter, Babylonier, Susaniter, Dehiter und Elamiter,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Reum Beelteem, et Samsai scriba, et reliqui consiliatores eorum, Dinæi, et Apharsathachæi, Terphalæi, Apharsæi, Erchuæi, Babylonii, Susanechæi, Dievi, et Ælamitæ,