Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ezra 7:5
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of (b) Aaron the chief priest:
(b) Ezra traces his family till he comes to Aaron, to prove that he came from him.
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of (b) Aaron the chief priest:
(b) Ezra traces his family till he comes to Aaron, to prove that he came from him.
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)...
PART II (Ezra 7-10). THE WORK OF EZRA. Ezra 7:1. Ezra's Genealogy; his Return to Palestine. Ezra 7:1. Now after these things: _i.e._ those recorded as having taken place in the sixth year of Darius ...
Ezra 7:1-10. A brief Summary of Events 1 5. Ezra's Genealogy _Now after these things_ An interval of 58 years is passed over in silence (516 458). One allusion has already been made to the reign of X...
_Phinehas, the son of Eleazar_ his religious zeal (Numbers 25:7-11) was celebrated in the records and songs of Israel (Psalms 106:30). As High-priest he appears probably on two occasions Joshua 22:13;...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT III. Ezra Becomes Involved In The Restoration of Israel (Ezra 7:1 to Ezra 10:44) A. Ezra leads a second band of returnees back to Israel, and gives God thanks. 1. Who...
_THE SON OF SHALLUM, THE SON OF ZADOK, THE SON OF AHITUB,_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
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...
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...
II. — THE SECOND RETURN UNDER EZRA. VII. (1-10) A. general summary of Ezra’s expedition under Divine guidance....
בֶּן ־אֲבִישׁ֗וּעַ בֶּן ־פִּֽינְחָס֙ בֶּן ־אֶלְעָזָ֔ר...
EZRA THE SCRIBE Ezra 7:1 ALTHOUGH the seventh chapter of Ezra begins with no other indication of time than the vague phrase "Now after these things," nearly sixty years had elapsed between the events...
EZRA'S EXPEDITION Ezra 7:1 LIKE the earlier pilgrimage of Zerubbabel and his companions, Ezra's great expedition was carried out under a commission from the Persian monarch of his day. The chronicler...
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...
_Beginning of the Jewish republic._...
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...
Ezra 7:1...
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: Ver. 5. _The son of Aaron the chief priest_] Ezra then was _ex genere pontificio_ (as those, Act 4:5) _...
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...
THE JOURNEY OF EZRA AND HIS COMPANY...
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the chief priest, Ezra himself being very careful to note his priestly descent, although he does not give every link in t...
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...
1-10 Ezra went from Babylon to Jerusalem, for the good of his country. The king was kind to him; he granted all his requests, whatever Ezra desired to enable him to serve his country. When he went, ma...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ezra 7:5 son H1121 Abishua H50 son H1121 Phinehas H6372 son H1121 Eleazar H499 son H1121 Aaron H175 chief...
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...
EZRA COMES TO JERUSALEM (EZRA 7:1). Almost sixty years after the completion of the Temple, Ezra arrived in Jerusalem as an Expert in the Law of Moses, eager to teach it to the worshippers of YHWH, and...
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...
_Ezra the son of Seraiah._ EZRA THE DISTINGUISHED Consider Ezra, as-- I. A man of distinguished ancestry. II. A man of distinguished attainments. III. A man in the enjoyment of distinguished favo...
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...
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...
PART II. SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA. 1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES, AND RETURN UNDER EZRA, WITH THE...
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 Chronicles 24:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:50; 2 Chronicles 19:11;...