am 3482, bc 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, Ezr 4:9, Ezr 4:17, Ezr 5:6 the Syrian tongue: That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the Ezr 4:8, of this chapter, to Ezr 7:27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee, in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc., originally written in that language. 2Ki 18:26, Isa 36:11, Dan 2:4 Reciprocal: 1Ki 21:8 - she wrote Ezr 8:36 - lieutenants Jer 29:25 - Because Oba 1:19 - the fields of Ephraim Zec 1:19 - scattered