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Ezra 4:22 Cross-References
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“Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?”
Ezra 4:22 (KJV)
Commentary on Ezra 4:22
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? Artaxerxes warns Rehum and colleagues against negligence in implementing his decree. The phrase 'Take heed' (zehirin havu) means 'be careful' or 'be warned,' emphasizing the order's seriousness. 'Fail not to do this' threatens consequences for non-compliance, ensuring vigorous enforcement. The rhetorical question 'why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?' implies that allowing Jerusalem's reconstruction would personally harm the royal dynasty, accepting opponents' framing completely.The plural '...
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“There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.,And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them., וַיֹּאמֶר הָמָן לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ יֶשְׁנוֹ עַם־אֶחָד מְפֻזָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָעַמִּים בְּכֹל מְדִינוֹת מַלְכוּתֶךָ וְדָתֵיהֶם שֹׁנוֹת מִכָּל־עָם וְאֶת־דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינָם עֹשִׂים וְלַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין־שֹׁוֶה לְהַנִּיחָם׃ ,And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus: There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws; therefore it profiteth not the king to suffer them.”
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“If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.,Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:, וַתַּעַן אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה וַתֹּאמַר אִם־מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב תִּנָּתֶן־לִי נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי׃ ,Then Esther the queen answered and said: If I have found favour in thy sight”