Ezra 4:20

Powerful kings have been over Jerusalem who ruled throughout the entire Trans-Euphrates ¹  and who were the beneficiaries of ²  tribute, custom, and toll.

Ge 15:18; Jos 1:3,4; 1Ki 4:21,24; 1Ch 18:3; 1Ch 18:6,13; 1Ch 19:19; 2Ch 9:14,23,24; 2Ch 17:11; 2Ch 26:7,8; Ezr 4:16; Ps 72:8

¹ sn The statement that prior Jewish kings ruled over the entire Trans-Euphrates is an overstatement. Not even in the days of David and Solomon did the kingdom of Israel extend its borders to such an extent.

² tn Aram “were being given to them.”