Ezra 4:7

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7 H3117 And in the days H783 of Artaxerxes H3789 wrote [H8804] H1312 Bishlam H4990 , Mithredath H2870 , Tabeel H7605 , and the rest H3674 of their companions H783 , unto Artaxerxes H4428 king H6539 of Persia H3791 ; and the writing H5406 of the letter H3789 was written [H8803] H762 in the Syrian tongue H8638 , and interpreted [H8794] H762 in the Syrian tongue.

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A.M. 3482. B.C. 522. Artaxerxes.This Artaxerxes was one of the Magi, who usurped the throne after the death of Cambyses, for seven months, feigning himself to be Smerdis, brother of Cambyses: he is called Oropoestus by Justin, Smerdis by Herodotus, Mardus by AEschylus, and Sphendatates by Ctesias.
Bishlam. or, in peace. companions. Heb. societies.
Ezra 4:9; Ezra 4:17; Ezra 5:6
the Syrian tongue.That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the 8th verse of this chapter, to ch. 7:27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee, in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc., originally written in that language.
2 Kings 18:26; Isaiah 36:11; Daniel 2:4