Contents: Decree of Cyrus for restoration of the temple and preparations for the return of the remnant.
Characters: God, Cyrus, Sheshbazzar, Mithredath.
Conclusion: (Ezra 1:1) The hearts of kings are in the hand of the Lord and like the rivulets of water, He turns them whatever way He wills. Therefore whatever good offices are done for the church, God must have the glory.
Key Word: Temple, Ezra 1:2.
THE BOOK OF EZRA Chronological Notes relative to this Book -Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, whose system of chronology is most generally received, 3468. -Year before the birt...
By the first year of Cyrus is to be understood the first year of his sovereignty over the Jews, or 538 B.C....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL AND THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1)_ 2. The response of the chiefs of Judah and Benjamin (E...
PART I (Ezra 1-6). THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL TO THE COMPLETION OF THE TEMPLE. Ezra 1:1. The Edict of Cyrus._ Cf._ 2 Chronicles 36:22 f., where Ezra 1:1_ a_ is reproduced almost verbally. These vers...
THE TEMPLE REBUILT.-- Ezra 1:1-4; Ezra 3:8-13. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ They praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid._ -- Ezra 3:11. TIME. --From about B. C. 538 to 535. PLA...
Cyrus. The son of Astyages and Esther. See App-57, on the genealogy of the Persian kings. So named Neh 200 years before he was born (Isaiah 44:28). The book of Esther precedes the book of Ezra-Nehemia...
Ezra 1:1-4. The Decree of Cyrus The history of the time throws light upon the action of Cyrus, whose Decree gave life to the seemingly lifeless bones of Israel (Ezekiel 37) and restored the scattered...
_Now_ or - _and_". At first sight a strange word with which to open a book. It implies the resumption or continuance, not the commencement, of a history. The use of it, however, receives explanation f...
_VER._ 1. _CYRUS_— Concerning _Cyrus,_ see Isaiah 44:28. It is probable, that this decree of Cyrus in favour of the Jews was in a great measure owing to the good offices of Daniel. Cyrus, at his first...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT I. The Captives Return Under Zerubbabel (Ezra 1:1 to Ezra 2:70) A. Authority is given by King Cyrus, and the captives who wish to return to Israel. 1. Cyrus issues a...
_NOW IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA, THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD BY THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH MIGHT BE FULFILLED, THE LORD STIRRED UP THE SPIRIT OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA, THAT HE MADE A PROCLAMATI...
1:1 (a-0) (The title of this book, 'Ezra'), Meaning, 'Help.'...
NOW, etc.] The book of Ezra begins with the last words of 2 Ch; Ezra 1:1 and the first half of Ezra 1:3 occurring in 2 Chronicles 36:22; 2 Chron
THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM CAPTIVITY The chapter narrates how Cyrus, king of Persia, permitted the Jews in Babylon to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple there, and restored the vessels taken...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF EZRA There are many dates in this *introduction. These dates are the number of years before the time that Jesus Christ was born...
I. THE FIRST RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL. (1-4) The decree of Cyrus: marking an epoch of very great importance, and therefore repeated almost word for word from the end of Chronicles. (1) THE FIRST YEAR....
וּ בִ שְׁנַ֣ת אַחַ֗ת לְ כֹ֨ורֶשׁ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ
CYRUS Ezra 1:1 THE remarkable words with which the Second Book of Chronicles closes, and which are repeated in the opening verses of the Book of Ezra, afford the most striking instance on record of t...
GOD'S PROMISES FULFILLED Ezra 1:1 God will ever be mindful of His covenant. There were also many remembrancers as Daniel and other like-minded exiles who gave Him no rest and were ever asking Him for...
The Book of Ezra contains an account of a most important epoch in the history of the people of God. After seventy years of captivity, a return from captivity was made possible by the decree of a Genti...
Now in the (a) first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the (b) mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the (c) spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a...
In. Hebrew, "And (Calmet) or But in, " as [in] 2 Paralipomenon xxxvi. 22. (Haydock) --- Thus the historical works are connected. Spinosa infers, from this book being inserted after Daniel in the Hebre...
CONTENTS The book of Ezra, from the commencement of it to the conclusion, contains a very interesting record in the history of the church. It opens with the proclamation of Cyrus, king of Persia, to...
_TURNING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF ZION_ ‘The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus.’ Ezra 1:1 Of this chapter little is necessary to be said in the way of homiletic analysis. The theme may be more easi...
But God now brings back a little remnant, that the true King might be presented to them, and causes the temple to be rebuilt in its place, according to the promises given by the mouth of Jeremiah, and...
NOW IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA,.... Not in the first of his reign over Persia, for he had been many years king over that, and now had all the kingdoms of the earth given him, Ezra 1:2,...
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamatio...
_Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia_ This is that famous Cyrus who, one hundred and forty years before the temple was destroyed, and two hundred years before he was born, was mentioned by...
[ISRAELS RETURNE FROM BABYLON.] 1 The Proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the Temple. 5 The people prouide for the returne. 7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the Temple to Sheshbazzar. 1 NOW i...
THE PROCLAMATION OF CYRUS...
Now, in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, after the conquest of the Babylonian empire, the new empire, including Persia, Media, Babylonia, and Chaldea, having been founded in 536 B. C. THAT THE...
THE CAPTIVES OF JUDAH LIBERATED (vv. 1-11) When the Medes and Persians defeated Babylon, Darius the Mede was ruler, and not until Cyrus the Persian took the throne was liberty proclaimed to Judah. T...
MADE A PROCLOMATION: _ Heb._ caused a voice to pass...
1-4 The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus. The hearts of kings are in the hand of the Lord. God governs the world by his influence on the spirits of men; whatever good they do, God stirs up their s...
EZRA CHAPTER 1 Cyrus's proclamation to Israel for building the Lord's temple at Jerusalem, EZRA 1:1. The chief of the people prepare for their return, EZRA 1:5,6. Cyrus restores the vessels of the tem...
Ezra 1:1 first H259 year H8141 Cyrus H3566 king H4428 Persia H6539 word H1697 LORD H3068 mouth H6310 Jeremiah...
THE EDICT OF CYRUS AND ITS RESULT (EZRA 1:1). In 538 BC Cyrus issued an edict allowing Jews to return to their homeland, and authorising the rebuilding of the Temple with state help. The wording of th...
THE EDICT OF CYRUS (EZRA 1:1). Ezra 1:1 ‘Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king...
Ezra 1:1. _In the first year of Cyrus._ Darius had the title of king of Babylon; but according to Xenophon, Cyrus had the throne, and remained in the city. After two years Darius died, and left him th...
_Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord._ THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CAPTIVITY The captivity is clearly represented as God’s judgment upon His people for their sins, but...
EZRA 1:1 Cyrus’s Decree and the Return of Exiles from Babylon. Ezra describes monumental political changes in the world as God’s special work for his people. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have (i.) the proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1); (ii.) the preparation of the Jews for availing themselves of it (Ezra 1:5) and (iii.) the restoratio...
PART 1 1. THE FIRST RETURN FROM THE CAPTIVITY EXPOSITION THE DECREE OF CYRUS (Ezra 1:1). The origin of the return is found in an exertion of Divine influence on the mind of a heathen king, who was mo
Let's turn now to the book of Ezra. The book of Ezra, the first part was probably written by Ezra but written from the records. Actually at the time that Cyrus gave the decree to build the temple, Ezr...
2 Chronicles 36:22; 2 Chronicles 36:23; Daniel 2:1; Ezra 5:13; E
Fulfilled — Nebuchadnezzar carried many of the Jews into captivity in the first year of his reign (the fourth of Jehoiakim). He reigned forty — five years, his son Evil — merodach twenty — three, and...