Adam Clarke Commentary - Ezra 4:13

Adam Clarke Commentary - Ezra 4:13 - 4:13

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Ezra 4:13 - 4:13

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:7 - 4:7
4:8 - 4:8
4:10 - 4:10
4:11 - 4:11
4:13 - 4:13
4:14 - 4:14
4:15 - 4:15
4:17 - 4:17
4:19 - 4:19
4:20 - 4:20
4:21 - 4:21
4:23 - 4:23
4:24 - 4:24

Toll, tribute, and custom - The first term is supposed to imply the capitation tax; the second, an excise on commodities and merchandise; the third, a sort of land tax. Others suppose the first means a property tax; the second, a poll tax; and the third, what was paid on imports and exports. In a word, if you permit these people to rebuild and fortify their city, they will soon set you at naught, and pay you no kind of tribute.