Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezra 4:12 - 4:12

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezra 4:12 - 4:12


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Have set up the walls thereof: either,



1. The Jews had begun to build or repair some part of the walls which Nebuchadnezzar had left, which they aggravate in this manner. Or,



2. This is a mere fiction, which, being confidently affirmed, they thought would easily find belief with a king whose heart and ears they possessed by their hired counsellors, and others of their friends, or the enemies of the Jews.