Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and (f) at such a time.
(f) Some take this for the name of a people, some for time or continuance, meaning that the king wished him long life.
Verse 12. _ARTAXERXES, KING OF KINGS_] This letter, from the beginning of this verse to the end of Ezra 7:12, is in the _Aramitic_ or _Chaldee_ language. This title of the king would, in Persian, run...
The title, “king of kings,” is assumed by almost all the persian monarchs in their inscriptions. PERFECT PEACE - “Peace” is not in the original, and the word translated “perfect” occurs only in this...
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...
GOD Chaldee. _'eldh._ Same as Hebrew Eloah. App-4. GOD OF HEAVEN. See note on 2 Chronicles 36:23....
_king of kings_ title common in inscriptions of Persian monarchs. (Cf. of Nebuchadnezzar, Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37.) No mere hyperbole, when the great empire included so many subject kingdoms. _a sc...
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...
_ARTAXERXES, KING OF KINGS, UNTO EZRA THE PRIEST, A SCRIBE OF THE LAW OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN, PERFECT PEACE, AND AT SUCH A TIME._ Artaxerxes, king of kings. That title might have been assumed as, with...
7:12 accomplished (e-10) Others translate, 'a scribe of ... of heavens. perfect [peace].'...
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...
KING OF KINGS] The same title was used by the kings of Babylon (Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37). PERFECT _peace,_ AND AT SUCH A TIME] better, 'the whole' (of the usual heading) 'and so forth.'...
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....
ARTAXERXES, KING OF KINGS. — Artachshatra in Persian, Artachshasta in Hebrew. The Persian monarchs inherited the title here given from the Babylonians (Daniel 2:37). It is not used by the historian, o...
אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑א לְ עֶזְרָ֣א כָ֠הֲנָא...
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...
Kings. This title was placed on the tomb of Cyrus, (Strabo xv.) and denoted a very powerful king. Artaxerxes had many tributaries in Media, Sidon, &c. The kings of Assyria had before assumed such pomp...
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...
ARTAXERXES, KING OF KINGS,.... Having many kings and kingdoms subject and tributary to him; for this was not merely a proud haughty title which the eastern kings p assumed, particularly the Persians;...
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and at such a time. Ver. 12. _Artaxerxes, king of kings_] This is a very high style for any...
_Unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven _ Or, as the Hebrew may be rendered, _a perfect scribe of the law_, &c., a title which, it seems, Ezra delighted in, and desired no othe...
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...
Artaxerxes, king of kings, a title assumed with the usual Oriental vanity, UNTO EZRA, THE PRIEST, A SCRIBE OF THE LAW OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN, a most learned doctor, PERFECT PEACE, AND AT SUCH A TIME, th...
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...
Ezra 7:12 UNTO EZRA THE PRIEST, A SCRIBE OF THE LAW OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN, PEACE: Or, to Ezra the Priest a perfect Scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, Peace, etc....
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 7:12 Artaxerxes H783 king H4430 kings H4430 Ezra H5831 priest H3549 scribe H5613 Law H1882 God H426 heaven...
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 7:12 The title KING OF KINGS was used by Persia’s kings. It expresses their sovereignty over many conquered peoples. Ezra is called THE SCRIBE OF THE LAW OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN. This m...
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...
1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 4:24; 1 Timothy 6:15; Daniel 2:37; Daniel 2:47;...