Seven counselors - Herodotus relates that there were seven families pre-eminent in Persia, those of the seven conspirators against the Pseudo-Smerdis (Ezra 4:7 note); and it is reasonable to suppose that the heads of these families formed the special council of the king; the “Achaemenidae,” or royal family, being represented by the head of the branch next in succession to that of the reigning monarch (see the marginal reference).
Verse 14. _HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS_] It is very likely that the privy counsel of the king consisted of _seven_ persons simply. The _names_ of these seven counsellors or chamberlains may be found in the...
II. THE RETURN UNDER EZRA AND HIS REFORMATION CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The journey of Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1)_ 2. The decree of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11) 3. Ezra's thanksgiving (Ezra 7:27)...
DECREE OF ARTAXERXES. This decree granted a further return of exiles for the purpose of reorganising the Temple worship. With the exception of the introductory words of Ezra 7:11, this section is in A...
SEVEN COUNSELLORS. Compare Esther 1:10; Esther 1:14....
The contents of the letter are given in Aramaic....
Object of the commission: (_a_) to investigate. _of the king, and of his seven counsellers_ R.V. marg. Aram. - _from before the king_". -The counsellers" are mentioned again Ezra 7:15; Ezra 7:28. -Th...
2. The letter of Artaxerxes TEXT, EZRA 7:11-26 11 Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of the LORD...
_FORASMUCH AS THOU ART SENT OF THE KING, AND OF HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS, TO INQUIRE CONCERNING JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THY GOD WHICH IS IN THINE HAND;_ Sent of the king, and of his...
7:14 by (f-5) Lit. 'from before.'...
THE JOURNEY OF EZRA TO JERUSALEM 1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted to more than fifty years, from the sixth year of Darius (516 b.c.) to the seventh year of Artaxer...
HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS] In href='190 1:14'>Est 1:14 mention is made of seven princes 'who saw the king's face and sat the first in his kingdom.'...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 7 In the first 6 Chapter s of the Book of Ezra, we read about the people who returned from *exile. We read how they built the *temple of...
(11-26) Credentials and commission of Ezra. After the general statement the particulars are given, beginning with the letter of authorisation, in which we discern throughout the hand of Ezra....
SEVEN COUNSELLORS. — These are mentioned in Esther 1:14, and were probably the heads of those families who aided Darius Hystaspis against the pseudo-Smerdis, as mentioned by Herodotus. ACCORDING TO T...
כָּ ל ־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּי֩ מִן ־קֳדָ֨ם מַלְכָּ֜א
A MISSIONARY JOURNEY Ezra 7:1 An interval of sixty years intervened between the events of Ezra 6:1 and Ezra 7:1, and in that time the history recorded in the book of Esther took place. This chapter i...
Here begins the second section of the Book, that which gathers around the doings of Ezra. Between the close of the last chapter and the commencement of this sixty years had passed away. To a very grea...
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to (h) enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which [is] in (i) thine hand; (h) To examine who l...
_Counsellors. Interpreters of the laws. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] xi. 6.) --- The number seems to have been established at the courts of the Assyrian and Chaldean monarchs, Tobias xii. 15. We find the...
The several features in this grant were all in favor of the church. And how strange would it seem did we not look deeper than the surface of the matter, and behold the Lord's hand in the direction, to...
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...
FORASMUCH AS THOU ART SENT OF THE KING, AND OF HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS,.... Such a number the kings of Persia used to have from the times of Darius Hystaspis, who was chosen out of seven nobles to be ki...
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which [is] in thine hand; Ver. 14. _And of his seven c...
_And of his seven counsellors_ His chief nobles and officers of state; of whom see Esther 1:10; Esther 1:14. This decree, being made by their advice, had the greater authority. _To inquire concerning...
1 Ezra goeth vp to Ierusalem. 11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra. 27 Ezra blesseth God for his fauour. [THE KINGS LETTER.] 1 NOW after these things, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king...
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counselors, the supreme tribunals of the Persian kings, TO ENQUIRE CONCERNING JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, to investigate the situation thoroughly and...
THE LETTER OF ARTAXERXES...
EZRA'S RETURN TO JERUSALEM (vv. 1-10) These first ten verses form a brief introduction as to who Ezra was and the fact of his coming to Jerusalem. Details are given after this, verses 11 to 26 quoti...
OF THE KING: Chal. from before the King...
11-26 The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God, reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against the covetousness of wealthy professed Christian...
HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS; his chief nobles and officers of state, of whom see also ESTHER 1:10,14. TO INQUIRE CONCERNING JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, i.e. to make inquiry into all abuses and deviations from your...
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EZRA'S COMMISSION FROM THE PERSIAN KING ARTAXERXES (EZRA 7:11). We are now provided with a copy of Artaxerxes' decree to Ezra, recorded in its original Imperial Aramaic. We must remember that this was...
ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AFTER THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE EZRA, AN EXPERT IN THE LAW, COMES TO JERUSALEM BRINGING WITH HIM A GROUP OF FELLOW-JEWS AND MUCH TREASURE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD, BEING AUTHORISED BY...
CONTENTS: Ezra's expedition to Jerusalem and his thanksgiving. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Artaxerxes. CONCLUSION: God is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. When mag...
Ezra 7:1. _Ezra the son,_ or grandson of _Seraiah._ His genealogy was of the highpriests' line in several ages; and the dignity of his birth might be one cause of his being so much noticed while in Ba...
_Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes._ THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE It is the office of a Christian magistrate to encourage and protect good men in the exercise...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:1 Ezra the Priest Comes to Jerusalem to Establish the Law of Moses. The text now skips ahead 57 years (see note on 7:1–7). Ezra the scribe is charged by King Artaxerxes to establis...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:13 The DECREE from Artaxerxes echoes Cyrus’s decree in authorizing any Jews who wish TO GO TO JERUSALEM (compare Ezra 1:3). T
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now enter upon the second and concluding part of this book, which treats of the return of certain Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem under Ezra, and the reformation whi...
EXPOSITION THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA (Ezra 7:11). The present decree was of the nature of a _firman _granted to an individual. It embodied, in the first place, a certain number of...
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:1) Who is Longimanus of the secular history. Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of...
Daniel 2:47; Daniel 6:20; Daniel 6:26; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deut
According, &c. — To make inquiry into all abuses and deviations from your law, and to redress them. Which — Which is now and always in thine hand, being the matter of thy daily study....