Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, Ver. 1. _Now_] Heb. And; for th... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah. Ver. 2. _The Lord God of heaven hath given me_] This good language Cyrus might well learn of Daniel, who flourished un... [ Continue Reading ]
Who [is there] among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he [is] the God,) which [is] in Jerusalem. Ver. 3. _Who is there among you of all his people?_] Many there were among them that affir... [ Continue Reading ]
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem. Ver. 4. _And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth_] Heb.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all [them] whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem. Ver. 5. _Then rose up the chief of the fathers_] Those, who are therefore crowned and chronicl... [ Continue Reading ]
And all they that [were] about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all [that] was willingly offered. Ver. 6. _And all they that were about them_] Both their countrymen the Jews (that thought not good to thems... [ Continue Reading ]
Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; Ver. 7. _Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels_] For example to others, _et iussit, et gessit,_ he did himself what he... [ Continue Reading ]
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. Ver. 8. _Even those did Cyrus king of Persia_] So styled, because, though he was monarch of many countries, yet Persia was his hereditary kingdom, and Pe... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, Ver. 9. _And this is the number of them_] Had they not been things of great price and use, they would not have been numbered: Song of Solomon 6:8, the queens and concubines are numbered... [ Continue Reading ]
Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second [sort] four hundred and ten, [and] other vessels a thousand. Ver. 10. _Thirty basons of gold_] These were to hold the sprinkling water, or blood. _ And other vessels_] Of sundry sorts, whereof see 1 Kings 7:50 .... [ Continue Reading ]
All the vessels of gold and of silver [were] five thousand and four hundred. All [these] did Sheshbazzar bring up with [them of] the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. Ver. 11. _All the vessels of gold and of silver_] Those best of metals, and therefore fittest for his use... [ Continue Reading ]