Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ezra 8:36
In the adorning and furnishing of it with these vessels and other conveniences; and in promoting God's worship and service therein.
In the adorning and furnishing of it with these vessels and other conveniences; and in promoting God's worship and service therein.
Verse Ezra 8:36. _THE KING'S LIEUTENANTS_] אחשדרפני _achashdarpeney_: this is generally understood to mean _lieutenant_ or _deputy_, and is probably of _Persian_ origin, though here greatly _corrupte...
THE KINGS COMMISSIONS - i. e., the orders issued to all governors of provinces near Judaea by Artaxerxes, given in Ezra 7:21. THE KINGS LIEUTENANTS - literally, “the king’s satraps.” The word is used...
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
COMMISSIONS. Royal decrees. Hebrew. _dath._...
_the king's commissions_ i.e. especially those mentioned in Ezra 7:21-22; Ezra 7:24 which would concern the provincial administration, by requisitioning for supplies and by exemption from taxation. T...
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...
8:36 governors (c-14) Or 'pachas.' so Nehemiah 2:7 , &c....
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 KING'S COMMISSIONS] i.e. the directions intended for the royal treasurers (Ezra 7:21). LIEUTENANTS] lit. 'satraps.'...
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...
(32-36) The arrival in Jerusalem, and first proceedings there....
AND THEY DELIVERED THE KING’S COMMISSIONS. — First came sacrifices of burnt offering to God (Ezra 8:35); then, having rendered to God the things which were God’s, they render to Cæsar the things of Cæ...
וַֽ יִּתְּנ֣וּ ׀ אֶת ־דָּתֵ֣י הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ לַ
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...
_Lords, ( satrapis.) 3 Esdras, "to the royal officers and governors of C\'9closyria and Phenicia; and they glorified," &c. --- Furthered, by their assistance (Haydock) and praise. They formed their se...
REFLECTIONS My soul! doth not this view of Ezra's return from Babylon, with the number of the people here named and recorded, suggest to thee the ransomed of Zion, which shall one day return with ever...
I admire the continual observance of the offerings, and the sacrifices; not for the multitudes of beasts slaughtered, but for the evident reference the whole had to the person of the Lamb of God. Oh!...
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...
AND THEY DELIVERED THE KING'S COMMISSIONS UNTO THE KING'S LIEUTENANTS, AND TO THE GOVERNORS ON THIS SIDE THE RIVER,.... The governors of the provinces of Syria, Palestine, and Judea, which were on tha...
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. Ver. 36. _And they furthered t...
_They delivered the king's commissions to the lieutenants, and they furthered the people_ Even the enemies of the Jews became their friends, yielded to Ezra's commission, and, instead of hindering the...
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...
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants and to the governors on this side the river, both to the satraps, as civil officers, and to the chief military officers in the sat...
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 8:36 delivered H5414 (H8799) kings H4428 orders H1881 kings H4428 satraps H323 governors H6346 beyond H5676 River...
Ezra 8:36 ‘And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps, and to the governors of Beyond the River, and they furthered the people and the house of God.' The community leaders (they)...
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...
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 18:27; Ezra 4:7; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:13; Ezra 7:21;...