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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ezr 4:14 — Now because we have maintenance from [the king's] palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
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have maintenance, etc.
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"Chal. are salted with the salt of the palace. Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life, (Ecclus. 39:26 or 31;) hence, by a very natural figure, salt is used for food or maintenance in general. I am well informed, says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression of the natives in the East Indies, ""I eat such a one's salt,"" meaning, I am fed by him. Salt was also, as it still is, among eastern nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality; and hence, to eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the ties of friendship." |
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and it was
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Eze 33:31; Jhn 12:5,6; Jhn 19:12-15 |
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Eze 33:31 |
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness. |
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Jhn 12:5 |
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? |
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Jhn 12:6 |
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. |
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Jhn 19:12 |
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. |
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Jhn 19:13 |
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. |
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Jhn 19:14 |
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! |
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Jhn 19:15 |
But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Ezra 4:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Ezr/4/14.html>.
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