The direct distance of Babylon from Jerusalem is about 520 miles; and the circuitous route by Carchemish and the Orontes valley, which was ordinarily taken by armies or large bodies of men, is about 900 miles. The time occupied in the journey is long, and is perhaps to be accounted for by the dangers alluded to in Ezra 8:22, Ezra 8:31.
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)...
PART II (Ezra 7-10). THE WORK OF EZRA. Ezra 7:1. Ezra's Genealogy; his Return to Palestine. Ezra 7:1. Now after these things: _i.e._ those recorded as having taken place in the sixth year of Darius ...
THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH. See note on Genesis 8:13. FIRST MONTH. Ab (July-August). App-51....
_began he to go up_ R.V. marg. Heb. _that was the foundation of the going up_. The R.V. and A.V. paraphrase the words. The Hebrew text is intelligible; but (1) the word as here vocalized is very unus...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT III. Ezra Becomes Involved In The Restoration of Israel (Ezra 7:1 to Ezra 10:44) A. Ezra leads a second band of returnees back to Israel, and gives God thanks. 1. Who...
_FOR UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH BEGAN HE TO GO UP FROM BABYLON, AND ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIFTH MONTH CAME HE TO JERUSALEM, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD HAND OF HIS GOD UPON HIM._ No JFB commen...
7:9 on, (b-18) Others, 'he began the going up.'...
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...
BEGAN HE TO GO UP] better (by a slight correction), 'he fixed the going up.' The actual journey was not begun till the twelfth day (Ezra 8:31). THE FIRST MONTH] i.e Nisan. (=Mar.-April). THE FIFTH MON...
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...
כִּ֗י בְּ אֶחָד֙ לַ † חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָ...
EZRA THE SCRIBE Ezra 7:1 ALTHOUGH the seventh chapter of Ezra begins with no other indication of time than the vague phrase "Now after these things," nearly sixty years had elapsed between the events...
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...
_Month. Thus four entire months were spent on the journey, as they did not go the shortest way, and had much baggage, &c. (Calmet)_...
We ought to pause over this account, short as it is, of Ezra's character. A scribe was one conversant with the Scriptures; and as Ezra was a ready scribe, and had dedicated himself particularly to thi...
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...
FOR UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH BEGAN HE TO GO UP FROM BABYLON,.... The month Nisan, answering to part of March and part of April; this was New Year's day: AND ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIFTH...
For upon the first [day] of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first [day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. Ver. 9. _Ac...
_According to the good hand of his God upon him_ There was great reason to acknowledge the favour and protection of God, in conducting them safe to Jerusalem; for the journey was long and difficult, a...
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...
For upon the first day of the first month, the new moon of the ecclesiastical year, BEGAN HE TO GO UP FROM BABYLON, AND ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIFTH MONTH CAME HE TO 3ERUSALEM, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD...
THE JOURNEY OF EZRA AND HIS COMPANY...
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...
BEGAN HE TO GO UP: He was the foundation of the going up...
1-10 Ezra went from Babylon to Jerusalem, for the good of his country. The king was kind to him; he granted all his requests, whatever Ezra desired to enable him to serve his country. When he went, ma...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ezra 7:9 first H259 first H7223 month H2320 began H3246 journey H4609 Babylon H894 first H259 fifth H2549 month...
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...
EZRA COMES TO JERUSALEM (EZRA 7:1). Almost sixty years after the completion of the Temple, Ezra arrived in Jerusalem as an Expert in the Law of Moses, eager to teach it to the worshippers of YHWH, and...
FIRST MONTH That is, April. FIFTH MONTH That is, August....
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...
_Ezra the son of Seraiah._ EZRA THE DISTINGUISHED Consider Ezra, as-- I. A man of distinguished ancestry. II. A man of distinguished attainments. III. A man in the enjoyment of distinguished favo...
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 7:9 THE FIRST MONTH... THE FIFTH MONTH. The journey of 900 miles (1,448 km) from Babylon to Jerusalem took nearly four months. This was a slow pace, probably because the caravan incl...
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...
PART II. SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA. 1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES, AND RETURN UNDER EZRA, WITH THE...
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...
Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 2:18; Nehemiah 2:8...