Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezra 8:17
Casiphia - Its situation is wholly unknown; but it cannot have been far from Ahava.
Casiphia - Its situation is wholly unknown; but it cannot have been far from Ahava.
Verse 17. _AT THE PLACE CASIPHIA_] The most judicious commentators are agreed that by _Casiphia_, the _Caspian mountains_, between Media and Hyrcania, are intended; where, probably, the _Nethinim_ wer...
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...
CASIPHIA. Not identified. Probably near Babylon. NETHINIMS. These were the ministers of the Levites. Originally Gibeonites. See note on Ezra 2:43....
_And I sent them with commandment_ R.V. AND I SENT THEM FORTH. Marg. another reading is _I gave them commandment_. The A.V. combines the two readings. The variety of reading arises from the uncertain...
_VER._ 17. _CASIPHIA_— It is not easy to guess what place this was. The text calls it _Casiphia the place._ Some have taken it for the Caspian mountains situate between Media and Hyrcania, in the mine...
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 SENT THEM WITH COMMANDMENT UNTO IDDO THE CHIEF AT THE PLACE CASIPHIA, AND I TOLD THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD SAY UNTO IDDO, AND TO HIS BRETHREN THE NETHINIMS, AT THE PLACE CASIPHIA, THAT THEY SHOULD...
CASIPHIA] unidentified, but presumably near Babylon. _And_ TO HIS BRETHREN THE NETHINIMS] The text is defective, and should probably be corrected to 'and to his brethren (i.e. the Levites) and to the...
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...
(15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem....
THE PLACE CASIPHIA. — Evidently near Ahavah, and a colony of Jews presided over by Iddo, one of the humble race of the Nethinims, but at present chief under the Persians. Ezra was aware of their exist...
_וָ_†_אֲצַוֶּ֤ה_† אֹותָם֙ עַל ־אִדֹּ֣ו הָ רֹ֔אשׁ...
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 sent them with commandment unto Iddo the (d) chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, [and] to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they sh...
_Chasphia. The Caspian mountains, between Media and Hyrcania. Here the Nathinites were forced to labour, under Eddo. The service of the temple would be far more eligible. (Calmet)_...
I admire the promptness of the Levites in coming forward at the call. And I equally admire the piety of Ezra in ascribing this readiness of the sons of Levi to the good hand of God....
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 SENT THEM WITH COMMANDMENT UNTO IDDO THE CHIEF, AT THE PLACE CASIPHIA,.... Not a place by the Caspian sea, and near the Caspian mountains, as Munster, which was too far off to go and return in t...
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, [and] to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should...
_And I sent them unto Iddo the chief_ Chief among the Levites, who dwelt at the place here mentioned, and there had the free exercise of their religion, as this and many other passages in this book pl...
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 sent them, undoubtedly by virtue of the authority vested in him, WITH COMMANDMENT UNTO IDDO, the chief at the place Casiphia, this being either the name of a place between Ahava and Babylon or 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...
I TOLD THEM: _ Heb._ I put words in their mouth...
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...
I SENT THEM WITH COMMANDMENT; which he might do, partly by virtue of that authority which he had over them by his priesthood; and partly by that authority which he either had received or could easily...
Ezra 8:17 gave H6680 (H8762) command H3318 (H8686) Iddo H112 chief H7218 place H4725 Casiphia H3703 told...
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 8:17 Nothing is known of IDDO or of CASIPHIA. But apparently there were Levites and TEMPLE SERVANTS (see...
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...
1 Chronicles 23:26; 1 Chronicles 23:3; 2 Samuel 14:19; 2 Samuel 14:3;...