Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ezra 8:31
To wit, in the direct way; whereby it may be conjectured, that God directed them to fetch a little compass, and to go a more uncouth and unsuspected way, as they had begged of God, Ezra 8:21.
To wit, in the direct way; whereby it may be conjectured, that God directed them to fetch a little compass, and to go a more uncouth and unsuspected way, as they had begged of God, Ezra 8:21.
The Jews with Ezra left Babylon on the first day of the first month Ezra 7:9. They reached Ahava in nine days, and, having remained there three Ezra 8:15, quitted it, and resumed their journey on the...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Those who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:1)_ 2. The gathering at Ahava (Ezra 8:15) 3. The fast proclaimed (Ezra 8:21) 4. The appointment of guardians ...
THE ARRIVAL IN JERUSALEM. Ezra 8:31. on the twelfth day. : _ cf._ Ezra 7:8 f., Ezra 8:15. Ezra 8:35. _Cf._ Zerubbabel's offerings at the dedication
5. The journey is made, and the goods are delivered at Jerusalem. TEXT, EZRA 8:31-36 31 Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of...
_THEN WE DEPARTED FROM THE RIVER OF AHAVA ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, TO GO UNTO JERUSALEM: AND THE HAND OF OUR GOD WAS UPON US, AND HE DELIVERED US FROM THE HAND OF THE ENEMY, AND OF SUCH...
PARTICULARS OF EZRA'S COMPANY 1. Them that went up] The sum of the numbers given is 1,496. Only males are mentioned, and if no women accompanied them, the absence of such doubtless increased the tend...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 8 V1 This is the list of the families and the chief men in the families. They came with me from Babylonia during the rule of King Artaxerx...
(15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem....
THE HAND OF OUR GOD WAS UPON US. — This sums up the history of the journey....
וַֽ נִּסְעָ֞ה מִ נְּהַ֣ר אַֽהֲוָ֗א בִּ שְׁנֵ֤
THANKSGIVING FOR SAFETY AND SUCCESS Ezra 8:24 Into our hands also is committed first the rich treasure and solemn trust of our own souls, and next the great deposit of the gospel; 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 T...
In this chapter we have, first, a representative list of those who joined Ezra when he went up to Jerusalem. First in order, members of the priestly and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). Then...
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such...
Was not this journey a type of the gospel pilgrimage - long, and dangerous, exposed to the dens of lions, and the mountains of leopards? And is not the hand of our God upon us, to deliver us from ever...
_FAITH AND COURAGE_ ‘The hand of our God was upon us.… And we came to Jerusalem.’ Ezra 8:31 I. IF EZRA HAD BEEN A COWARD, HE WOULD NEVER HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HE DID.—Had he looked at the difficul...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8. Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people, even when t...
THEN WE DEPARTED FROM THE RIVER OF AHAVA, ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, TO GO UNTO JERUSALEM,.... The month Nisan, answering to part of March and part of April; this was two days before the p...
_Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of suc...
_The hand of our God was upon us_ To protect and strengthen us in so dangerous and long a journey. _And he delivered us from the hand of the enemy_ There were not only many enemies who hated them, and...
1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon. 15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the Temple. 21 He keepeth a fast. 24 He committeth the treasures to the custodie of the Priests. 31 Fro...
The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures...
Then we departed from the river of Ahava, from the region on the Euphrates known by that name, ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, some time having elapsed during which the Levites who were summone...
A LIST OF EZRA'S COMPANIONS (vv. 1-14) Those who voluntarily came to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem are recorded here, the men numbering almost 1500. Women also must have been present, but are not ment...
31-36 Enemies laid wait for the Jews, but God protected them. Even the common perils of journeys, call us to go out with prayer, and to return with praise and thanksgiving. But what shall we render w...
Ezra 8:31 departed H5265 (H8799) river H5104 Ahava H163 twelfth H8147 H6240 first H7223 month H2320 go...
Ezra 8:31 ‘Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and those...
FIRST MONTH That is, April....
Ezra 8:22 , EZRA 8:31 The symbolic phrase "the hand of our God," as expressive of the Divine protection, occurs with remarkable frequency in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, and though not peculiar to...
CONTENTS: List of Ezra's companions and his visit to Jerusalem. Treasure placed in the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Sherebeah, Hashabiah, Meremoth, Eleazar, Jozabad, Noadiah. CONCLUSION: God's serv...
Ezra 8:15. _The river that runneth to Ahava,_ or the river of Diavam. Adiabena is a remote region, according to Boiste, in Assyria, and contiguous to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahava w...
EZRA 8:1 Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem with a New Wave of Returnees, Bearing Royal Gifts for the Temple. This section gives a more extended account of Ezra’s return to Jerusalem. Readers learn of those w...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 8:31 The group sets out ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH (Nisan, March/April). The plan to leave on the first day (Ezra 7:9) had been delayed by the need to send for
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) A list of the heads of houses, with the number of adult males accompanying each of them, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra...
EXPOSITION EZRA 8:21 THEN I PROCLAIMED A FAST THERE. The fight of the civil ruler to "proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews and Israelites. Jezebel proclaimed one in Ahab's name when she w...
So in chapter eight it gives to us a list of those who went with Ezra, totaling out about 754 of the males, when you add the priests that were added to later. So they numbered the people, and they fou...
Acts 25:3; Acts 26:22; Ezra 7:28; Ezra 7:9; Ezra 8:15;...