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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 ...
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THE ARRIVAL IN JERUSALEM.
Ezra 8:31. on the twelfth day. : _ cf._ Ezra 7:8 f., Ezra 8:15.
Ezra 8:35. _Cf._ Zerubbabel's offerings at the dedication
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5. The journey is made, and the goods are delivered at Jerusalem.
TEXT, EZRA 8:31-36
31
Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first
month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of...
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_NOW ON THE FOURTH DAY WAS THE SILVER AND THE GOLD AND THE VESSELS
WEIGHED IN THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD BY THE HAND OF MEREMOTH THE SON OF
URIAH THE PRIEST; AND WITH HIM WAS ELEAZAR THE SON OF PHINEHAS; AN...
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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...
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BY THE HAND OF] RV 'into the hand of': the persons named being those
with whom the silver brought from Babylon was deposited....
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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...
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(32-36) The arrival in Jerusalem, and first proceedings there....
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MEREMOTH THE SON OF URIAH ... — These names of priests and Levites,
who had officially received the treasures, occur again in Nehemiah....
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וּ בַ † יֹּ֣ום הָ רְבִיעִ֡י נִשְׁקַ֣ל...
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THANKSGIVING FOR SAFETY AND SUCCESS
Ezra 8:24
Into our hands also is committed first the rich treasure and solemn
trust of our own souls, and next the great deposit of the gospel; 1
Timothy 1:11; 1 T...
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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...
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Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels
weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of
Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; a...
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I admire the continual observance of the offerings, and the
sacrifices; not for the multitudes of beasts slaughtered, but for the
evident reference the whole had to the person of the Lamb of God. Oh!...
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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...
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NOW ON THE FOURTH DAY,.... After their arrival at Jerusalem:
WAS THE SILVER, AND THE GOLD, AND THE VESSELS, WEIGHED IN THE HOUSE OF
OUR GOD; the temple, that it might be seen and known that the exact...
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_Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels
weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of
Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas;...
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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...
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The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures...
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Now, on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels
weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Xeremoth, the son of
Uriah, the priest, apparently in charge of the Lord's treasures;...
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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...
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31-36 Enemies laid wait for the Jews, but God protected them. Even
the common perils of journeys, call us to go out with prayer, and to
return with praise and thanksgiving. But what shall we render w...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 8:33
‘And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were
weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of
Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son o...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 8:32 WE CAME TO JERUSALEM. This was on the first
day of the fifth month (Ab, July/August), after nearly four months of
travel (see note on 7:9)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 28:14; 2 Corinthians 8:20; 2 Corinthians 8:21; Ezra 8:26;...