Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ezra 8:25
And weighed. — The gold and silver were in bars. According to the best computation, the silver would amount to a quarter of a million of our money, and the gold to about three-quarters of a million.
And weighed. — The gold and silver were in bars. According to the best computation, the silver would amount to a quarter of a million of our money, and the gold to about three-quarters of a million.
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...
OFFERING. heave offering. App-43. ALL ISRAEL. See note on Ezra 2:2 and 1 Kings 12:17....
_and weighed_ Money was still for the most part reckoned by weight (cf. on Ezra 7:22). _the silver_, &c. The offerings referred to in Ezra 7:15-18, and the vessels given by the king and others Ezra 7:...
4. They took along certain treasures, which were entrusted to priests on the journey and were delivered safely at Jerusalem. TEXT, EZRA 8:24-30 24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, Sh...
_AND WEIGHED UNTO THEM THE SILVER, AND THE GOLD, AND THE VESSELS, EVEN THE OFFERING OF THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD, WHICH THE KING, AND HIS COUNSELLORS, AND HIS LORDS, AND ALL ISRAEL THERE PRESENT, HAD OFFER...
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_†_אֶשְׁקֳלָ֣ה_† לָהֶ֔ם אֶת ־הַ כֶּ֥סֶף וְ...
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...
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...
Is there not a sweet spiritual instruction here? Doth not the apostle, in allusion to gospel treasures for himself and his faithful companions, observe, we have this treasure in earthen vessels. 2 Cor...
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...
AND I WEIGHED UNTO THEM THE SILVER, AND THE GOLD, AND THE VESSELS,.... When he delivered them to them; this he did as a proof of his own integrity and faithfulness, and as a security against any charg...
And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had of...
_And weighed unto them the silver and the gold_ Because he expected to receive it from them again by weight. In all trusts, but especially sacred ones, we ought to be punctual, and preserve a right un...
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...
and weighed unto them the silver and the gold and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his lords, and all Israel there present had offered, E...
The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures...
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...
24-30 Do we expect that God should, by his providence, keep that which belongs to us, let us, by his grace, keep that which belongs to him. Let God's honour and interest be our care; and then we may e...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ezra 8:25 weighed H8254 (H8799) silver H3701 gold H2091 articles H3627 offering H8641 house H1004 God H430 king...
EZRA ENTRUSTS THE GIFTS FOR THE HOUSE OF YHWH INTO THE HANDS OF TWELVE CHIEF PRIESTS FOR THEM TO GUARD ON THE JOURNEY (EZRA 8:24). It is never right to use faith as an excuse for foolishness. So havin...
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 weighed unto them the silver and the gold, and the vessels._ THE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE SACRED TREASURES I. The treasures to be guarded. 1. Valuable in themselves. 2. Valuable as being consecrat...
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 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...
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...
2 Corinthians 8:20; 2 Corinthians 8:21; Ezra 1:8; Ezra 7:15; Ezra 7:16