Ezra 7 - Introduction
_IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF ARTAXERXES, EZRA GOES TO JERUSALEM. THE KING'S EDICT, PERMITTING EZRA TO TEACH THE LAW OF GOD, AND TO APPOINT JUDGES._ _Before Christ 458._... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF ARTAXERXES, EZRA GOES TO JERUSALEM. THE KING'S EDICT, PERMITTING EZRA TO TEACH THE LAW OF GOD, AND TO APPOINT JUDGES._ _Before Christ 458._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 1. _EZRA THE SON OF SERAIAH_— He calls himself here, according to the Hebrew idiom, _the son of Seraiah,_ who was the high-priest that Nebuchadnezzar caused to be slain at the taking of Jerusalem, 2 Kings 25:18; 2 Kings 25:30.; but had he been his real son, he must then have been at least one... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 6. _A READY SCRIBE_— The LXX, the Vulgate, and our translation, render the original words _a ready scribe;_ as if to have a quick hand at writing out the law were any great perfection, or that an aged man, as Ezra was, should be renowned for it. It was not for writing, then, but for explainin... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 25. _THAT IS IN THINE HAND_— _Which is in thee._ See Nold. 917.... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 26. _THE LAW OF THE KING_— i.e. Says Bishop Patrick, this decree which was made in favour of the Jews, whereby they were authorized to use the laws of Moses: in any case where these were doubtful, they were to be directed by the king's ordinances. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Ezra seems, soon after the... [ Continue Reading ]