Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ezra 3:9
Jeshua; not the high priest so called, but a Levite, of whom see Ezra 2:40. To set forward the workmen; by their presence and favour to encourage them to a cheerful and vigorous prosecution of the work.
Jeshua; not the high priest so called, but a Levite, of whom see Ezra 2:40. To set forward the workmen; by their presence and favour to encourage them to a cheerful and vigorous prosecution of the work.
JESHUA - See the marginal reference. Not the high priest, but the head of one of the two Levitical houses which had returned. TOGETHER - The Hebrew phrase is very emphatic - “they stood up as one man...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The altar set up (Ezra 3:1)_ 2. The feast of tabernacles celebrated (Ezra 3:4) 3. The sacrifices brought (Ezra 3:5) 4. The foundation of the temple laid ...
THE LAYING OF THE TEMPLE FOUNDATION AND THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE. Ezra 3:7. masons. carpenters: those referred to were the men who hewed the stone from the quarries and those who prepared the rough stone...
THEN STOOD JESHUA. Probably not the high priest, but the Jeshua named in chapter 2:40, and there associated with Kadmiel....
JUDAH: or Hodaviah, as in Ezra 2:40....
This VERSE presents considerable difficulty: (_a_) The English reader cannot fail to be struck with the awkwardness of the final clause, -the sons of Henadad … the Levites". (_b_) The names here menti...
2. The foundation of the new temple is laid. TEXT, EZRA 3:8-13 8 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zeruhbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jesh...
_THEN STOOD JESHUA WITH HIS SONS AND HIS BRETHREN, KADMIEL AND HIS SONS, THE SONS OF JUDAH, TOGETHER, TO SET FORWARD THE WORKMEN IN THE HOUSE OF GOD: THE SONS OF HENADAD, WITH THEIR SONS AND THEIR BRE...
3:9 Judah, (a-17) Or rather, 'Hodavia.' see ch. 2.40....
THE REFOUNDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c....
JESHUA] not the 'JESHUA' of Ezra 3:8 (who was high priest), but a Levite (Ezra 2:40)....
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 3 V1 When the *people of Israel were living in their towns, they all met in Jerusalem together. It was the 7th month. Verse 1 The people...
TOGETHER — _As one man._ Jeshua and Kadmiel, both of the stock of Judah, or Hodaviah (Ezra 2:40), or Hodevah (Nehemiah 7:43), were the two heads of Levitical families; and their fewness is compensated...
וַ יַּעֲמֹ֣ד יֵשׁ֡וּעַ בָּנָ֣יו וְ֠ אֶחָיו קַ
THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID Ezra 3:8 Foundation-laying is not always pleasant work. It means toil under ground, down in the trenches, unnoticed and unknown, and those who begin are often not pe...
The leaders in this return were evidently conscious of the matters of real importance in the life of the people. Directly they were settled in their cities, the altar of God was established at Jerusal...
Then stood Jeshua (f) [with] his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, [with] their sons and th...
If the Reader will peruse with this account what Haggai hath recorded concerning the building of the temple, the one scripture will, as it is designed, throw great light upon the other. And this will...
In the seventh month [1], the children of Israel gather themselves together at Jerusalem, each one going up from the place where he dwelt. The first thing which they do there, under the direction of J...
THEN STOOD JESHUA, WITH HIS SONS,.... Not Jeshua the high priest before mentioned, but Jeshua the Levite, Ezra 2:40, AND HIS BRETHREN, KADMIEL AND HIS SONS, THE SONS OF JUDAH, TOGETHER; the same with...
Then stood Jeshua [with] his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, [with] their sons and their...
_Then stood Jeshua with his sons_ This person was not the high- priest, so called, but a Levite, of whom see Ezra 2:40. _To set forward the workmen_ To encourage them to a cheerful and vigorous prosec...
1 The Altar is set vp. 4 Offerings frequented. 7 Workmen prepared. 8 The foundations of the Temple are laid in great ioy & mourning. 1 AND when the seuenth moneth was come, and the children of Isr...
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah (or Hodaviah), TOGETHER, all agreed on a plan of action, working in perfect harmony, TO SET FORWARD THE WORKME...
THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID...
THE ALTAR AND SACRIFICES RESUMED (vv. 1-8) Though the building of the temple did not begin until the second month of the second year (v. 8), the children of Israel gathered together "as one man" in...
JUDAH: Or, Hodaviah TOGETHER: _ Heb._ as one...
8-13 There was a remarkable mixture of affections upon laying the foundation of the temple. Those that only knew the misery of having no temple at all, praised the Lord with shouts of joy. To them, e...
Ezra 3:9 Jeshua H3442 sons H1121 brothers H251 Kadmiel H6934 sons H1121 sons H1121 Judah H3063 arose H5975 ...
THE PREPARATION OF THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW TEMPLE AND THE REACTION OF THE PEOPLE (EZRA 3:8). In the seventh month of the first year of their ‘coming to the house of God at Jerusalem' the returnees...
CONTENTS: Altar set up and temple foundations relaid. Worship established. CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel, Jeshua. CONCLUSION: To see any branch of God's work reestablished after long desolations canno...
Ezra 3:1. _The seventh month,_ and the tenth day was the great and holy day of atonement, as explained in Leviticus 16. They had left Babylon in the spring; and being four months on their journey, the...
_From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord._ THE FULL ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES PRECEDES SHE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE A weighty truth is enshri...
_And when the seventh month was come._ REBUILDING THE TEMPLE I. They began by re-establishing the worship and service of the holy place. They set up an altar, and offered the daily sacrifice. A wise...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 3:1 The Returned Exiles Rebuild the Temple on Its Original Site. The book of Ezra 1:1 spans several generations. The returnees begin rebuilding, encounter resistance, an
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains— 1. The rebuilding of the altar (Ezra 3:1_ a_). 2. The renewal of the sacrificial worship and of the observance of the religious festivals (Ezra...
§ 3. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND OPPOSITION MADE TO IT. EXPOSITION LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE AND CEREMONIAL ON...
And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothe...
Ezra 2:40; Nehemiah 7:43...
Joshua — Not the high — priest so called, but a Levite, of whom see Ezra 2:40. To set forward — To encourage them to a vigorous prosecution of the work....