Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ezra 8:27
A thousand drams. — Darics, and therefore the whole worth rather more than a thousand guineas.
Fine copper. — Probably the Roman Orichalcum, a metal very highly valued.
A thousand drams. — Darics, and therefore the whole worth rather more than a thousand guineas.
Fine copper. — Probably the Roman Orichalcum, a metal very highly valued.
TWENTY BASONS OF GOLD, OF A THOUSAND DRAMS - Not of a thousand drams (i. e., darics) each, but worth altogether a thousand darics. As the value of the daric was about 22 shillings of British money, ea...
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...
BASONS. bowls. OF. valued at. FINE COPPER, &C.. copper shining like gold....
_also twenty basons of gold_ R.V. AND TWENTY BOWLS OF GOLD: -bowl" as in Ezra 1:10. _of a thousand drams_ R.V. OF A THOUSAND DARICS. About £1 each: see on Ezra 2:69. The total specified values then...
_VER._ 26, 27. _SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY TALENTS OF SILVER,_ &C.— The six hundred and fifty talents of silver, at three hundred and seventy-five pounds to the talent, make two hundred and forty-three tho...
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...
_ALSO TWENTY BASONS OF GOLD, OF A THOUSAND DRAMS; AND TWO VESSELS OF FINE COPPER, PRECIOUS AS GOLD._ Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams, х_ LA'ªDARKONIYM_ (H150)] - darics, a Persian coi...
8:27 basons (a-3) See ch. 1.10, and 1 Chronicles 28:17 . shining (b-14) Lit. 'good shining.'...
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...
וּ כְפֹרֵ֤י זָהָב֙ עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לַ אֲדַרְכֹנִ֖ים...
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...
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand (i) drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. (i) Read (Ezra 2:69)....
CHAPTER VIII. Solids. Hebrew adarconim. Darics, equivalent to the golden sicle. (Calmet) (1 Paralipomenon xxix. 7.) --- Best. Protestants, "of fine copper, precious as gold." It might resemble the Co...
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...
ALSO TWENTY BASINS OF GOLD, OF A THOUSAND DRAMS,.... Which were upwards of 1000 pounds of our money; for Bishop Cumberland says e, the Persian "daric", "drachma", or "drachm", weighed twenty shillings...
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. Ver. 27. _Of a thousand drachms_] 312 pounds 10 shillings. The Hebrew (or rather Chaldee) word here...
_Six hundred and fifty talents of silver_ Making, at f375 sterling to the talent, f243,750 sterling. _And silver vessels a hundred talents_ Making near f40,000 sterling. _And of gold_ (probably in coi...
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...
also twenty basins of gold, covered cups for pouring out drink-offerings, OF A THOUSAND DRAINS, literally, "darics," Persian money; AND TWO VESSELS OF FINE COPPER, of excellent polish, PRECIOUS AS GOL...
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...
FINE COPPER: _ Heb._ yellow or shining brass PRECIOUS: _ Heb._ desireable...
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...
Heb. DESIRABLE AS GOLD; not that it was of equal price and worth with it, but for its incomparable excellency in its kind, and for its great rarity, for which cause there were only two vessels of that...
Ezra 8:27 twenty H6242 gold H2091 basins H3713 thousand H505 drachmas H150 two H8147 vessels H3627 fine H2896...
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...
Lamentations 4:2...