Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezra 4:7

7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithridath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companies, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

Either 1. Artaxerxes, the Son of Xerxes. Or 2. Smerdis the Magician. Or rather 3. The same Cambyses, called by his Chaldee name Ahashuerus, v. 6. and here by his Persian name Artaxexes: By which name he is here called in the Inscription of this Letter, because so he was called by himself and others in the Letters written either by him, or to him.

Or, exposed or declared. The sense is, It was written in the Chaldee or Syrian Language, and in the Syrian Character: for sometimes the Chaldee or Syrian words are written in the Hebrew Character, and Hebrew words are oft written in an English Character.

Marginal references: Or▪ [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word].; Heb. socie [illegible: 1+ letters].