Ezra 2:68 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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: ”

• Ezra 2:68 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Free-will Offerings of the Heads of Families, and the Settlement of the Exiles ( cf. Nehemiah 7:70-72 ). The gifts are, of course, for the Temple and its worship. Ezra 2:68 . when they ca...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 "discrep...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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:

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• Ezra 2:68 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 fa...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 pro...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  They came to the site of the house not yet built, and offered for the building.

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• Ezra 2:68 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE NEW TEMPLE Ezra 2:68-70 ; Ezra 3:1-13 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 o...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Building of the Altar Ezra 2:61-70 ; Ezra 3:1-7 Throughout their history the true Israelites were eager to maintain their genealogy; wherever they were scattered, they carefully guarded th...

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• Ezra 2:68 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 na...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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....

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• Ezra 2:68 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Ezra 2:68 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 chi...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 br...

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• Ezra 2:68 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,   65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred t...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  To the house of the Lord, i.e. to the ruins of the house; or to the place where that house stood.

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• Ezra 2:68 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  A List Of Those Who Returned From Babylon To Jerusalem In The Initial Stages ( Ezra 2:1-70 ). In this chapter we are provided with a list of those who returned from Babylon, taking advantage of Cy...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 arrang...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 Ba...

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• Ezra 2:68 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Ezra 2:68 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 ma...

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• Ezra 2:68 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Possessions and the Contributions of the Returned Exiles

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• Ezra 2:68 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 21:18 ; 1 Chronicles 22:1 ; 1 Chronicles 29:5-17 ; 2 Chronicles 3:1 ; 2 Corinthians 8:12 ; 2 Corinthians 8:3 ; 2 Corinthians 9:7 ; Exodus 35:29 ; Exodus 35:5-19 ; Exodus 36:3 ;...

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• Ezra 2:68 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The house — That is, to the ruins of the house; or to the place were it stood.

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