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In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Syrian and delivered in the Syrian language.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 7. Artaxerxes may be the Oropastes of Trogus, ( Calmet.) or the false ( Bible.) Smerdis. Herodot.—Beselam, and so forth These governed the provinces on the west side of the Euphrates.—Syriac comprises the Chaldee, with which it as a great resemblance. It was spoken at the court of Babylon. Xenoph. vii. See 4 Kennicott. 18:26 and 2 Maccabees 15:37 and Daniel 2:4.
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