Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezra 4:12

12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us, are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof , and joined the foundations.

Either 1. The Jews had begun to build or repair some part of the Walls which Nebuchadnezzar had left, which they aggravate in this manner. Or 2. This is a meer fiction, which being confidently affirmed, they thought would easily find belief with a King whose Heart and Ears they possessed by their▪ hired Counsellours, and others of their Friends, or the Enemies of the Jews.

Marginal references: Or, finished.; [illegible: 1 word]. sowed [illegible: 1 word].