These verses form the superscription or address of the letter (Ezra 4:11, etc.) sent to Artaxerxes.

The Dinaites were probably c…

Then wrote ... —This verse and the following provide the general superscription of the letter written by Persian …

Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions who all signed the letter; nam…

It is an old slander, that the prosperity of the church would be hurtful to kings and princes. Nothing can be more false, for true godliness teache…