PART II.
SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA.
1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES, AND RETURN UNDER EZRA, WITH THE NUMBERS OF
THOSE WHO RETURNED, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEF MEN.
EXPOSITION
FIFTY-SEVEN years after the completion of the temple and its
dedication, when the long and eventfu... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA (Ezra 7:11). The present
decree was of the nature of a _firman _granted to an individual. It
embodied, in the first place, a certain number of provisions which
were temporary. Of this character were—
1. the permission accorded to all Persian... [ Continue Reading ]