Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezra 8:22
What “enemy” menaced Ezra, and on what account, is wholly uncertain (compare Ezra 8:31). Perhaps robber-tribes, Arab or Syrian, were his opponents.
What “enemy” menaced Ezra, and on what account, is wholly uncertain (compare Ezra 8:31). Perhaps robber-tribes, Arab or Syrian, were his opponents.
Verse 22. _I WAS ASHAMED TO REQUIRE - A BAND_] He had represented God, the object of his worship, as supremely powerful, and as having the strongest affection for his true followers: he could not, th...
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...
_I was ashamed_ same word as in Ezra 9:6 -I am ashamed", Jeremiah 31:19 -I was ashamed". _to require_ R.V. TO ASK. The simplest rendering for the commonest word. _a band_of soldiers _and horsemen_ Su...
3. Leave-taking ceremonies were conducted. TEXT, EZRA 8:21-23 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey...
_FOR I WAS ASHAMED TO REQUIRE OF THE KING A BAND OF SOLDIERS AND HORSEMEN TO HELP US AGAINST THE ENEMY IN THE WAY: BECAUSE WE HAD SPOKEN UNTO THE KING, SAYING, THE HAND OF OUR GOD IS UPON ALL THEM FOR...
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 ENEMY IN THE WAY] probably such marauders as were accustomed to attack defenceless travellers: cp. Ezra 8:31....
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....
BECAUSE WE HAD SPOKEN UNTO THE KING. — The whole verse goes back to the past. Ezra had magnified God’s providence before the king: His “hand” upon his own “for good” — the habitual tribute to Providen...
כִּ֣י בֹ֗שְׁתִּי לִ שְׁאֹ֤ול מִן ־הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ
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...
For I was (g) ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all the...
_Forsake him. Apostates are treated with the greatest severity. (Menochius) --- Esdras thought that the glory of God was at stake, and he would not shew any diffidence in Providence, or scandalize the...
The prophet Jeremiah had predicted of the manner in which the people should return, both the dispersed of Judah and Jerusalem; going and weeping. Jeremiah 50:4. Ezra therefore, in a most pious manner,...
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 I WAS ASHAMED TO REQUIRE OF THE KINGS BAND OF SOLDIERS AND HORSEMEN,.... Which he might have had, only asking for them; so great was the interest he had in the king's favour: TO HELP US AGAINST T...
_For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all them f...
_For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers,_ &c. He might have obtained from the king any thing that he desired; but he had so openly declared that he depended solely upon God for sa...
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...
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, against the bands of Bedouins which infested the deserts and lived largely on robbery...
The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures...
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...
21-23 Ezra procured Levites to go with him; but what will that avail, unless he have God with him? Those who seek God, are safe under the shadow of his wings, even in their greatest dangers; but thos...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ezra 8:22 ashamed H954 (H8804) request H7592 (H8800) king H4428 soldiers H2428 horsemen H6571 help H5826 ...
EZRA GATHERS THE RETURNEES IN ORDER TO PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY ON THE JOURNEY (EZRA 8:21). The people who were returning with Ezra having all gathered (although it may have commenced before the Levites...
Ezra 8:22 , EZRA 8:31 The symbolic phrase "the hand of our God," as expressive of the Divine protection, occurs with remarkable frequency in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, and though not peculiar to...
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...
_For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers._ EZRA’S CONFIDENCE IN GOD I. Confidence in God avowed. 1. In His providence. 2. In His providence as efficiently promoting the interes...
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 8:22 On THE POWER OF HIS WRATH, see Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:23. Contrast Ezra’s policy
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 EZRA 8:21 THEN I PROCLAIMED A FAST THERE. The fight of the civil ruler to "proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews and Israelites. Jezebel proclaimed one in Ahab's name when she w...
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 28:9; 1 Corinthians 9:15; 1 Peter 3:12; 2 Chronicles 15:2;...