Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezra 8:15
Of Levi — None who were simple Levites, and not the priests. And therefore the Levites mentioned, Ezra 7:7, by anticipation were not yet come to him.
Of Levi — None who were simple Levites, and not the priests. And therefore the Levites mentioned, Ezra 7:7, by anticipation were not yet come to him.
Verse 15. _THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA_] Ahava was a _river_ itself, which is supposed to be the same that is called _Diava_ or _Adiava_, in the province of _Adiabene_; and perhaps the place whenc...
Ahava was both a town and a river Ezra 8:21. The modern name of the place is Hit. It is famous for its bitumen springs, and is situated on the Euphrates, at a distance of about 80 miles from Babylon,...
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 GATHERING TOGETHER OF THE EXILES AT AHAVA. The narrative is told here in the first person. Ezra 8:15. Ahava: _cf._ Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; this seems to have been a place which gave its name to one...
TOGETHER. out. AHAVA. Ahava. The name of the river, and of the city. Compare Ezra 8:21. ABODE. encamped. NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI. Only priests and laymen. The Levites were slack. Compare Ezra 2:40....
(_b_) 15 20. The Encampment of Ahava; the Absence of Levites 15. The Rendezvous 15. _the river that runneth to Ahava_ -Ahava" is here the name of a place, which seems to have also given its name to t...
_VER._ 15. _AHAVA_— This was a river of Assyria, and, very probably, that which ran along the _Adiabene,_ where the river _Diava,_ or _Adiava,_ is known to be, and upon which Ptolemy places the city o...
2. Levites are added to the company. TEXT, EZRA 8:15-20 15 Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I di...
_AND I GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA; AND THERE ABODE WE IN TENTS THREE DAYS: AND I VIEWED THE PEOPLE, AND THE PRIESTS, AND FOUND THERE NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI._ I gather...
AHAVA] This was the name both of a town and of a river (Ezra 8:21) in Babylonia, on the road to Palestine. NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI] Only a small number of Levites had previously accompanied Zerubbabe...
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...
AHAVA. — Both river and town. Nine days’ journey brought them thither; and there is a place now called Hit, about eighty miles from Babylon, which has been identified with it. NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI...
(15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem....
וָֽ אֶקְבְּצֵ֗ם אֶל ־הַ נָּהָר֙ הַ בָּ֣א
UNITED PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE Ezra 8:1 The number of men who accompanied Ezra amounted to 1754, but the women and children would bring up the gross total to about 7000. The lack of Levites was very seri...
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...
And I gathered them together to the (c) river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. (c) To...
_Ahava. This river (ver. 21., and 31.) runs through the territory of the same name, called Hava; (4 Kings xvii. 24.) the people of which exchanged places with the Israelites. Esdras makes a circuit to...
The pause that Ezra made before his departure, no doubt, was with a view to begin his journey in prayer. Carry us not up hence, is, or should be, the language of every truly regenerated believer, when...
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 I GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA,.... From whence also the river bore the same name; or that from the river, see Ezra 8:21, and may be the same with Adiabene, a country...
_And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi._ Ver. 15....
_To the river that runneth to Ahava_ Or the river of Ahava, as it is called, Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31. By comparing of these places, it seems that Ahava was the name both of the river and of the town or p...
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 ASSEMBLING OF THE COMPANY...
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava, a place or region on one of the canals of Mesopotamia communicating with the Euphrates; AND THERE ABODE WE IN TENTS THREE DAYS, after t...
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...
ABODE: Or, pitched...
1-20 Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him. What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of be...
THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA; or, THE RIVER OF AHAVA, as it is called, EZRA 8:21,31. By comparing of these places, it seems that Ahava was the name both of the river, and of the town or place by wh...
Ezra 8:15 gathered H6908 (H8799) river H5104 flows H935 (H8802) Ahava H163 camped H2583 (H8799) three...
EZRA DISCOVERS THAT NO LEVITES HAVE JOINED THE RETURNEES AND MAKES ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOME TO JOIN THE PARTY (EZRA 8:15). Gathering his party together at the Canal which runs to Ahava, which was probabl...
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...
_And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava._ THE ASSEMBLY AT AHAVA I. The long journey commenced. II. An important inspection made. This halt illustrates-- 1. The need of sea...
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 8:15 The party camps outside Babylon at the RIVER THAT RUNS TO AHAVA, no doubt one of the canals extending from the Euphrates. Ezra discovers that, though he had priests with him, th...
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 THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO WENT UP TO JERUSALEM WITH EZRA, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEF MEN ...
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 16:13; Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 3:15; Ezra 7:24; Ezra 7:7;...