Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and accused the Jews.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
- KJV Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
- BSB At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
- NASB For this reason at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought charges against the Jews.
- NLT But some of the astrologers went to the king and informed on the Jews.
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Quick answer
Certain Chaldeans seize the moment to accuse the Jews. Envy and malice now drive the conflict.
Overview
The accusers are likely jealous of the promotions earlier given to the Hebrew exiles. Their charge is calculated to destroy rivals under cover of zeal for the king's decree. This pattern of the faithful being maligned by the envious recurs through Scripture and finds its climax in the false accusations brought against Christ himself.
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- Ezra 4:12–16Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us to Jerusalem. They are building the rebellious and bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.
- Esth 3:8–9Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
- Dan 6:12–13Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.
- Esth 3:6But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.
- Dan 2:10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.
- 1 Pet 4:3–4For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
- Acts 16:20–22When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
- Acts 17:6–8When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
- Acts 28:22But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
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