Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ezra 7:13
Verse 13. Their own free-will] None shall be forced either to go or to stay. He who loves his God will avail himself of this favourable opportunity.
Verse 13. Their own free-will] None shall be forced either to go or to stay. He who loves his God will avail himself of this favourable opportunity.
II. THE RETURN UNDER EZRA AND HIS REFORMATION CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The journey of Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1)_ 2. The decree of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11) 3. Ezra's thanksgiving (Ezra 7:27)...
DECREE OF ARTAXERXES. This decree granted a further return of exiles for the purpose of reorganising the Temple worship. With the exception of the introductory words of Ezra 7:11, this section is in A...
DECREE. This decree (verses: Ezra 7:12) is in Clialdee. not in Hebrew. An inscription found at Susa commences with the same words....
Permission to Jews to return with Ezra to Jerusalem. _I make a decree_ The same phrase as in Ezra 4:19; Ezra 6:8; Ezra 6:11. _all they of the people of Israel_ Cf. Cyrus's decree...
The contents of the letter are given in Aramaic....
2. The letter of Artaxerxes TEXT, EZRA 7:11-26 11 Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of the LORD...
_I MAKE A DECREE, THAT ALL THEY OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, AND OF HIS PRIESTS AND LEVITES, IN MY REALM, WHICH ARE MINDED OF THEIR OWN FREEWILL TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM, GO WITH THEE._ No JFB commentary on...
THE JOURNEY OF EZRA TO JERUSALEM 1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted to more than fifty years, from the sixth year of Darius (516 b.c.) to the seventh year of Artaxer...
HIS PRIESTS] RV 'their (i.e. Israel's) priests.'...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 7 In the first 6 Chapter s of the Book of Ezra, we read about the people who returned from *exile. We read how they built the *temple of...
(11-26) Credentials and commission of Ezra. After the general statement the particulars are given, beginning with the letter of authorisation, in which we discern throughout the hand of Ezra....
מִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּ֣י כָל ־מִתְנַדַּ֣ב...
A MISSIONARY JOURNEY Ezra 7:1 An interval of sixty years intervened between the events of Ezra 6:1 and Ezra 7:1, and in that time the history recorded in the book of Esther took place. This chapter i...
Here begins the second section of the Book, that which gathers around the doings of Ezra. Between the close of the last chapter and the commencement of this sixty years had passed away. To a very grea...
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill (g) to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. (g) Who still re...
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...
I MAKE A DECREE,.... Which, according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, when signed, might not be changed, Daniel 6:8, THAT ALL THEY OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, AND OF HIS PRIESTS AND LEVITES, IN M...
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. Ver. 13. _And of his...
1 Ezra goeth vp to Ierusalem. 11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra. 27 Ezra blesseth God for his fauour. [THE KINGS LETTER.] 1 NOW after these things, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king...
I make a decree that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites in my realm, which are minded of their own free will to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. Just what brought about...
THE LETTER OF ARTAXERXES...
EZRA'S RETURN TO JERUSALEM (vv. 1-10) These first ten verses form a brief introduction as to who Ezra was and the fact of his coming to Jerusalem. Details are given after this, verses 11 to 26 quoti...
11-26 The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God, reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against the covetousness of wealthy professed Christian...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ezra 7:13 I H4481 issue H7761 (H8752) decree H2942 all H3606 of H4481 people H5972 Israel H3479 priests...
EZRA'S COMMISSION FROM THE PERSIAN KING ARTAXERXES (EZRA 7:11). We are now provided with a copy of Artaxerxes' decree to Ezra, recorded in its original Imperial Aramaic. We must remember that this was...
ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AFTER THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE EZRA, AN EXPERT IN THE LAW, COMES TO JERUSALEM BRINGING WITH HIM A GROUP OF FELLOW-JEWS AND MUCH TREASURE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD, BEING AUTHORISED BY...
CONTENTS: Ezra's expedition to Jerusalem and his thanksgiving. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Artaxerxes. CONCLUSION: God is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. When mag...
Ezra 7:1. _Ezra the son,_ or grandson of _Seraiah._ His genealogy was of the highpriests' line in several ages; and the dignity of his birth might be one cause of his being so much noticed while in Ba...
_Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes._ THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE It is the office of a Christian magistrate to encourage and protect good men in the exercise...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:1 Ezra the Priest Comes to Jerusalem to Establish the Law of Moses. The text now skips ahead 57 years (see note on 7:1–7). Ezra the scribe is charged by King Artaxerxes to establis...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:13 The DECREE from Artaxerxes echoes Cyrus’s decree in authorizing any Jews who wish TO GO TO JERUSALEM (compare Ezra 1:3). T
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now enter upon the second and concluding part of this book, which treats of the return of certain Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem under Ezra, and the reformation whi...
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...
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:1) Who is Longimanus of the secular history. Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of...
2 Chronicles 30:5; Esther 3:15; Esther 9:14; Ezra 1:3; Ezra 5:13;...