The sum of the numbers as they stand in the present Hebrew text is 2,499, instead of 5,400. In the Apocryphal Book of Esdras the sum given is 5,469, and with this sum the items in that place exactly agree (1 Esdras 2:13, 14). Most commentators propose to correct Ezra by the passage of Esdras; but the items of Esdras are improbable. Probably the sum total in the present passage has suffered corruption.
Verse 11. _ALL THE VESSELS _- WERE _FIVE THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED._] This place is without doubt corrupted; here it is said the sum of all the vessels, of every quality and kind, was _five thousand...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL AND THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1)_ 2. The response of the chiefs of Judah and Benjamin (E...
THE RETURN OF THE JEWS UNDER SHESHBAZZAR WITH THE HOLY VESSELS. The carrying out of the decree. Ezra 1:5. even all. Jerusalem: implying that many did not avail themselves of the opportunity of return...
_All the vessels_, &c., _five thousand and four hundred_ It is natural to expect that the words -all the vessels" would give us the sum total of the different figures mentioned in Ezra 1:9-10. The sum...
_VER._ 11. _THE VESSELS—WERE FIVE THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED_— The sum total of these vessels amounts only to two thousand four hundred and ninety-nine. Houbigant supposes the number to be this sum tot...
2. The people return and begin to rebuild. TEXT, EZRA 1:5-11 5 Then the heads of fathers-' households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, even everyone whose spirit God had...
_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._ All the ve...
THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM CAPTIVITY The chapter narrates how Cyrus, king of Persia, permitted the Jews in Babylon to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple there, and restored the vessels taken...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF EZRA There are many dates in this *introduction. These dates are the number of years before the time that Jesus Christ was born...
(5-11) Immediate result of the decree. (5) WITH ALL THEM WHOSE SPIRIT GOD HAD RAISED. — _Namely, all_ is the more exact rendering. The same influence that prompted the decree of Cyrus was necessary to...
כָּל ־כֵּלִים֙ לַ † זָּהָ֣ב וְ לַ...
THE ROYAL EDICT Ezra 1:2; Ezra 1:7 IT has been asserted that the Scripture version of the edict of Cyrus cannot be an exact rendering of the original, because it ascribes to the Great King some knowl...
GOD'S PROMISES FULFILLED Ezra 1:1 God will ever be mindful of His covenant. There were also many remembrancers as Daniel and other like-minded exiles who gave Him no rest and were ever asking Him for...
The Book of Ezra contains an account of a most important epoch in the history of the people of God. After seventy years of captivity, a return from captivity was made possible by the decree of a Genti...
All the vessels of gold and of silver [were] five thousand and four hundred. All [these] did Sheshbazzar bring up (k) with [them of] the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. (k...
_Hundred. Only 2499 are specified. 3 Esdras reads, 5469. Josephus ([Antiquities?] xi. 1.) differs from all, reading 5210; which shews that the copies have varied, and that the Hebrew is incorrect. (Ca...
REFLECTIONS HERE let our contemplations be called forth in the account given of Cyrus, and behold in him a lively type of the truly anointed of the Lord, full of grace and truth, the Lord Jesus Christ...
Was not Cyrus a type, in this instance, of the gentile church, concerning whom it was said that they should bring of their abundance to beautify the place of God's sanctuary. Isaiah 60:3. And it is re...
But God now brings back a little remnant, that the true King might be presented to them, and causes the temple to be rebuilt in its place, according to the promises given by the mouth of Jeremiah, and...
ALL THE VESSELS OF GOLD, AND OF SILVER, WERE FIVE THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED,.... Those that are mentioned make no more than 2499, which Aben Ezra thinks were the larger vessels; but this general sum t...
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. 1...
[ISRAELS RETURNE FROM BABYLON.] 1 The Proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the Temple. 5 The people prouide for the returne. 7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the Temple to Sheshbazzar. 1 NOW i...
All the vessels of gold and silver, including those of minor value, WERE FIVE THOUSAND and four hundred. ALL THESE DID SHESHBAZZAR BRING UP WITH THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY, when the exiles returned with al...
THE RETURN ARRANGED FOR...
THE CAPTIVES OF JUDAH LIBERATED (vv. 1-11) When the Medes and Persians defeated Babylon, Darius the Mede was ruler, and not until Cyrus the Persian took the throne was liberty proclaimed to Judah. T...
THE CAPTIVITY: _ Heb._ the transportation...
5-11 The same God that raised up the spirit of Cyrus to proclaim liberty to the Jews, raised up their spirits to take the benefit. The temptation was to some to stay in Babylon; but some feared not t...
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Ezra 1:11 articles H3627 gold H2091 silver H3701 five H2568 thousand H505 four H702 hundred H3967 Sheshbazzar H8339 took...
THE EDICT OF CYRUS AND ITS RESULT (EZRA 1:1). In 538 BC Cyrus issued an edict allowing Jews to return to their homeland, and authorising the rebuilding of the Temple with state help. The wording of th...
CONTENTS: Decree of Cyrus for restoration of the temple and preparations for the return of the remnant. CHARACTERS: God, Cyrus, Sheshbazzar, Mithredath. CONCLUSION: (Ezra 1:1) The hearts of kings ar...
Ezra 1:1. _In the first year of Cyrus._ Darius had the title of king of Babylon; but according to Xenophon, Cyrus had the throne, and remained in the city. After two years Darius died, and left him th...
_Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord._ THE RESTORATION OF THE SACRED VESSELS I. The preservation of the sacred vessels (Ezra 1:7). These are the vessels which are m...
_Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord._ THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CAPTIVITY The captivity is clearly represented as God’s judgment upon His people for their sins, but...
EZRA 1:1 Cyrus’s Decree and the Return of Exiles from Babylon. Ezra describes monumental political changes in the world as God’s special work for his people. ⇐...
EZRA 1:5 The Exiles Respond to the Decree. The exiles’ leaders gather money and materials for the temple. Cyrus brings the items taken from the temple in 586 B.C. for the people to take back to Jerusa...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 1:6 The people of Persia help the Jewish exiles as their king commands. Cyrus gives back the VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD (v. Ezra 1:7
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have (i.) the proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1); (ii.) the preparation of the Jews for availing themselves of it (Ezra 1:5) and (iii.) the restoratio...
EXPOSITION THE RESPONSE TO THE DECREE (Ezra 1:5). The response made to the decree fell short of what might have been expected. The "patriarchal chiefs" who responded belonged solely, or mainly, to the...
Let's turn now to the book of Ezra. The book of Ezra, the first part was probably written by Ezra but written from the records. Actually at the time that Cyrus gave the decree to build the temple, Ezr...
2 Timothy 2:19; Matthew 1:11; Matthew 1:12; Romans 9:23...