Their liberal offerings are taken notice of because they were given with a liberal heart, though compared to former gifts in the building of the first temple, their whole collection was small indeed. There they gave in talents. Now only in drachms. The widow's mite was a costly offering in the sight of the Lord.
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The leaders (Ezra 2:1)_ 2. The names of the returning exiles (Ezra 2:3) 3. The priests (Ezra 2:36) 4. The Levites and singers (Ez
THE FREE-WILL OFFERINGS OF THE HEADS OF FAMILIES, AND THE SETTLEMENT OF THE EXILES (_cf._ Nehemiah 7:70). The gifts are, of course, for the Temple and its worship. Ezra 2:68. when they came to the hou...
SOME. a portion. Ezra mentions what _one_ portion gave. Nehemiah (Ezr 7:70) mentions what _he and two other_ portions gave. Hence the numbers "perforce" cannot be the same, and there is no "discrepanc...
some _of the chief of the fathers_ R.V. SOME OF THE HEADS OF FATHERS" HOUSES, see note on Ezra 1:5. _when they came to the house of the Lord which_is _at Jerusalem_ i.e. on their arrival at Jerusalem,...
This passage is given in greater accuracy of detail in Nehemiah 7:70-72....
8. Their offerings for restoring the Temple are recorded. TEXT, EZRA 2:68-69 68 And some of the heads of fathers-' households, when they arrived at the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offe...
_AND SOME OF THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, WHEN THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM, OFFERED FREELY FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD TO SET IT UP IN HIS PLACE:_ Some of the chief of the fathers,...
THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED 1. The province] i.e. the Persian province of Judæa (Ezra 5:8). HAD CARRIED AWAY] in 597 b.c. and 586 b.c. EVERY ONE UNTO HIS CITY] i.e. to the provincial t...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 In the Book of Ezra, there are many names. Some of these people were leaders. However, Ezra also refers to many people who were not wel...
They came to the site of the house not yet built, and offered for the building....
וּ מֵ רָאשֵׁי֙ הָֽ אָבֹ֔ות בְּ בֹואָ֕ם
THE NEW TEMPLE Ezra 2:68; Ezra 3:1 UNLIKE the historian of the exodus from Egypt, our chronicler gives no account of adventures of the pilgrims on the road to Palestine, although much of their way le...
THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR Ezra 2:61; Ezra 3:1 Throughout their history the true Israelites were eager to maintain their genealogy; wherever they were scattered, they carefully guarded their national...
Chapter two contains the register of those who, taking advantage f Cyrus's decree, turned their faces toward Jerusalem. The list proceeds in a definite order, from the leaders downward. First, the nam...
Nevertheless, God still gives the people-guilty under the law-an opportunity for the exercise of faith. Let us examine the principles that characterise the energy of the Holy Ghost in the people at th...
AND SOME OF THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, WHEN THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD THAT IS AT JERUSALEM,.... That is, when they came to the place where it formerly stood, and where were still the ruins of...
And [some] of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which [is] at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place: Ver. 68. _And some of the chief...
_When they came to the house of the Lord_ That is, to the place in which the temple had stood, and where the ruins still remained. _Offered freely_ Made a new offering, besides that which they had bro...
1 The number that returne, of the people, 36 of the Priests, 40 of the Leuites, 43 of the Nethinims, 55 of Solomons seruants, 62 of the Priests which could not shewe their pedigree. 64 The whole...
And some of the chief of the fathers, such of the heads as could afford it, WHEN THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM, to the site where its ruins were then lying, OFFERED FREELY F...
THE POSSESSIONS AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE RETURNED EXILES...
LIST OF RETURNED CAPTIVES (vv. 1-58) This chapter shows the definite interest God had in every individual who returned from the captivity, so that the number from each city is recorded, and the tota...
64-70 Let none complain of the needful expenses of their religion. Seek first the kingdom of God, his favour and his glory, then will all other things be added unto them. Their offerings were nothing...
TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, i.e. to the ruins of the house; or to the place where that house stood....
Ezra 2:68 heads H7218 fathers H1 came H935 (H8800) house H1004 LORD H3068 Jerusalem H3389 freely H5068 ...
CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (EZRA 2:68). The description of these differs considerably from that in Nehemiah 7:70, which does not mention the Temple, but gives greater detail conc...
A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM IN THE INITIAL STAGES (EZRA 2:1). In this chapter we are provided with a list of those who returned from Babylon, taking advantage of Cyrus' edic...
CONTENTS: The returning remnant. CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel. CONCLUSION: Sin debases and diminishes a nation but God always has a faithful remnant who love the ceremonies of His house and give libe...
Ezra 2:1. _The children of the province._ Judea under Zedekiah was reduced to a province of the Babylonian empire; or the phrase may import, the children of Israel who resided in the province of Babyl...
_And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely._ POSSESSIONS AND OFFERINGS I. The completion of their journey. “They came to the...
EZRA 2:1 The Exiles Live Again in Their Ancestral Homes. This long chapter tells of the exiles’ return from Babylon to resettle in their former homes in Jerusalem and Judah. (The information in ch. Ez...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 2:68 The location of the former temple is regarded as a holy place, so it can already be called THE HOUSE OF THE LORD THAT IS IN JERUSALEM....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have _the list of those who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel, and their contributions for rebuilding the Temple_. The contents may be arrange...
EXPOSITION THE OFFERINGS MADE BY THE RETURNED EXILES ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM (Ezra 2:68-15). It has been customary among the pious of all ages and countries to make thank-offering
So here they are returning to Jerusalem, as I said, some fifty thousand. And in chapter two it gives you the names of the people and the families that came and the numbers that came with them. Beginni...
1 Chronicles 21:18; 1 Chronicles 22:1; 1 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Chronicles 3:1;...
The house — That is, to the ruins of the house; or to the place were it stood....