Ezra 3:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah,e together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. ”

• Ezra 3:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Jeshua - See the marginal reference. Not the high priest, but the head of one of the two Levitical houses which had returned. Together - The Hebrew phrase is very emphatic - “they stood up as...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Then stood Jeshua (f) [with] his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, [with] their sons and t...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Laying of the Temple Foundation and the Joy of the People. Ezra 3:7 . masons. carpenters: those referred to were the men who hewed the stone from the quarries and those who prepared the rough...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Judah: or Hodaviah, as in Ezra 2:40 .

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• Ezra 3:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Refounding of the Temple 1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c.

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• Ezra 3:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Together — As one man. Jeshua and Kadmiel, both of the stock of Judah, or Hodaviah ( Ezra 2:40 ), or Hodevah ( Nehemiah 7:43 ), were the two heads of Levitical families; and their fewness is comp...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Foundation of the Temple Laid Ezra 3:8-13 Foundation-laying is not always pleasant work. It means toil under ground, down in the trenches, unnoticed and unknown, and those who begin are oft...

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• Ezra 3:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The leaders in this return were evidently conscious of the matters of real importance in the life of the people. Directly they were settled in their cities, the altar of God was established at Jerusa...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  If the Reader will peruse with this account what Haggai hath recorded concerning the building of the temple, the one scripture will, as it is designed, throw great light upon the other. And this will...

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• Ezra 3:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then stood Jeshua, with his sons ,.... Not Jeshua the high priest before mentioned, but Jeshua the Levite, Ezra 2:40 , and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together ; the sa...

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• Ezra 3:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then stood Jeshua [with] his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, [with] their sons and their...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then stood Jeshua with his sons This person was not the high- priest, so called, but a Levite, of whom see Ezra 2:40 . To set forward the workmen To encourage them to a cheerful and vigorous pro...

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• Ezra 3:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE ALTAR AND SACRIFICES RESUMED (vv. 1-8) Though the building of the temple did not begin until the second month of the second year (v. 8), the children of Israel gathered together "as one man"...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Foundation of the Temple Laid. B. C. 535.       8 Now in the second year of their coming...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Jeshua; not the high priest so called, but a Levite, of whom see Ezra 2:40 . To set forward the workmen; by their presence and favour to encourage them to a cheerful and vigorous prosecution o...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Preparation Of The Foundations For The New Temple And The Reaction Of The People ( Ezra 3:8-13 ). In the seventh month of the first year of their ‘coming to the house of God at Jerusalem' the...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains— 1. The rebuilding of the altar ( Ezra 3:1-3 a ). 2. The renewal of the sacrificial worship and of the observance of the religious festival...

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• Ezra 3:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ezra 3:1 . The seventh month, and the tenth day was the great and holy day of atonement, as explained in Leviticus 16 . They had left Babylon in the spring; and being four months on their journey...

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• Ezra 3:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And when the seventh month was come. Rebuilding the temple I. They began by re-establishing the worship and service of the holy place. They set up an altar, and offered the daily sacrifice. A w...

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• Ezra 3:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  § 3. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND OPPOSITION MADE TO IT . EXPOSITION LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE AND CEREMONIAL ON THE OCCASION ( Ezra 3:8-...

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• Ezra 3:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Foundation of the Temple Laid

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• Ezra 3:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezra 2:40 ; Nehemiah 7:43

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• Ezra 3:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Joshua — Not the high — priest so called, but a Levite, of whom see Ezra 2:40 . To set forward — To encourage them to a vigorous prosecution of the work.

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