Ezra 4:7

And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic, and set forth in the Aramaic language.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Artaxerxes may be the Or pastes of Trogus, (Calmet) or the false (Haydock) Smerdis. (Herodotus) Beselam These governed the provinces on the west side of the Euphrates. Syriac comprises the Chaldean, with which it has a great resemblance. It was spoken at the court of Babylon. (Xenophon vii.) See 4 Kings xviii. 26., and 2 Machabees xv. 37., and Daniel ii. 4.

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