Ezra 7:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. ”

• Ezra 7:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Ezra 7:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  bestow, bestow. Figure of speech Anadiplosis (App-6), for emphasis.

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• Ezra 7:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.

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• Ezra 7:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Ezra 7:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 Art...

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• Ezra 7:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (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.

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• Ezra 7:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a King's Bounty Ezra 7:19-28 Ezra's commission was very ample. Those who officiated or assisted in Temple service were exonerated from taxation. Full permission was given to take all voluntary...

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• Ezra 7:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 gre...

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• Ezra 7:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The several features in this grant were all in favor of the church. And how strange would it seem did we not look deeper than the surface of the matter, and behold the Lord's hand in the direction, t...

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• Ezra 7:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shall have occasion to bestow ,.... For the beautifying and ornamenting the temple, Ezra 7:27 , bestow it out of the king...

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• Ezra 7:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow [it] out of the king's treasure house. Ver. 20. And whatsoever more, &c. ] What...

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• Ezra 7:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God Toward the reparation, or adorning, or completing of it.

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• Ezra 7:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 q...

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• Ezra 7:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Decree of Artaxerxes. B. C. 457.       11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the...

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• Ezra 7:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  For the house of thy God; towards the reparation, or adorning, or completing of it. See Poole on " Ezra 6:14 " .

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• Ezra 7:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 B...

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• Ezra 7:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 wh...

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• Ezra 7:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Ezra 7:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 exer...

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• Ezra 7:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA ( Ezra 7:11-15 ). The present decree was of the nature of a firman granted to an individual. It embodied, in the first...

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• Ezra 7:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Letter of Artaxerxes

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• Ezra 7:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezra 6:4 ; Ezra 6:8-18

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