Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ezra 8:16
Men of understanding. — Teachers, and perhaps priests. These were joined with nine chief men as a deputation to Iddo.
Men of understanding. — Teachers, and perhaps priests. These were joined with nine chief men as a deputation to Iddo.
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...
FOR. The Syriac and Vulgate omit the word "for" throughout this verse, and read "then sent. Eliezer", &c, as in Ezra 8:17. CHIEF MEN. heads. MEN OF UNDERSTANDING. Figure of speech _Antimereia_ (of N...
_Then sent I for Eliezer_, &c. "_For_". (_a_) The preposition in the original is sometimes found as the sign of the object: thus 2 Chronicles 17:7, A.V., "he sent _to_his princes, even to Ben-hail", R...
2. Levites are added to the company. TEXT, EZRA 8:15-20 15 Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I di...
_THEN SENT I FOR ELIEZER, FOR ARIEL, FOR SHEMAIAH, AND FOR ELNATHAN, AND FOR JARIB, AND FOR ELNATHAN, AND FOR NATHAN, AND FOR ZECHARIAH, AND FOR MESHULLAM, CHIEF MEN; ALSO FOR JOIARIB, AND FOR ELNATHA...
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 *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...
וָ אֶשְׁלְחָ֡ה לֶ אֱלִיעֶ֡זֶר לַ אֲרִיאֵ֡ל ל֠
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...
_Sent. Septuagint, "&c., "to Eliezer," &c., in order to give them his orders what to say to Eddo, who presided at Chasphia, as the sequel shews. --- Wise men, instructors of the people, (2 Paralipomen...
I admire the promptness of the Levites in coming forward at the call. And I equally admire the piety of Ezra in ascribing this readiness of the sons of Levi to the good hand of God....
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...
THEN SENT I FOR ELIEZER, FOR ARIEL, FOR SHEMAIAH, AND FOR ELNATHAN, AND FOR JARIB, AND FOR ELNATHAN, AND FOR NATHAN, AND FOR ZECHARIAH, AND FOR MESHULLAM, CHIEF MEN; ALSO FOR JOIARIB, AND FOR ELNATHAN...
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan...
_Then sent I for Eliezer_, &c. To come to me, and go along with me to Jerusalem. He sent for these eleven persons, that he might employ them in a message to a place where he knew there were a great ma...
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...
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Arid, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, heads of little communities; ALSO F...
THE ASSEMBLING OF THE COMPANY...
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...
1-20 Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him. What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of be...
_ Then sent I for Eliezer_ to come to me, and go along with me to Jerusalem. _Men of understanding_; who seem to have had more knowledge than pious zeal for God and his house and solemn worship, which...
Ezra 8:16 sent H7971 (H8799) Eliezer H461 Ariel H740 Shemaiah H8098 Elnathan H494 Jarib H3402 Elnathan H494 Nathan...
EZRA DISCOVERS THAT NO LEVITES HAVE JOINED THE RETURNEES AND MAKES ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOME TO JOIN THE PARTY (EZRA 8:15). Gathering his party together at the Canal which runs to Ahava, which was probabl...
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...
_And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava._ THE ASSEMBLY AT AHAVA I. The long journey commenced. II. An important inspection made. This halt illustrates-- 1. The need of sea...
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...
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 THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO WENT UP TO JERUSALEM WITH EZRA, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEF MEN ...
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 12:32; 1 Chronicles 26:14; 1 John 5:20; 1 Kings 3:11;...