“ The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, ”
PART II (Ezra 7-10). The Work of Ezra. Ezra 7:1-10 . 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 ye...
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
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 Art...
II. — THE SECOND RETURN UNDER EZRA. VII. (1-10) A. general summary of Ezra’s expedition under Divine guidance.
EZRA'S EXPEDITION Ezra 7:1-8 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 ch...
a Missionary Journey Ezra 7:1-18 An interval of sixty years intervened between the events of Ezra 6:1-22 and Ezra 7:1-28 , and in that time the history recorded in the book of Esther took pl...
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...
Ezra 7:1 .
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, Ver. 3. The son of Meraioth ] Here is a great leap: six of Ezra's ancestors (likely for brevity sake) being overskipped.
The son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth There are six generations omitted between Azariah and Meraioth, as before some were omitted between Seraiah and Ezra, which are to be supplied out of 1 Chro...
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...
Ezra's Arrival at Jerusalem. B. C. 457. 1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxe...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Ezra Comes To Jerusalem ( Ezra 7:1-10 ). 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...
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...
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...
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 distingui...
PART II . SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA . 1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES , AND RETURN UNDER EZRA , WITH THE NUMBERS OF THOSE WHO...
The Journey of Ezra and his Company
1 Chronicles 23:19 ; 1 Chronicles 6:11 ; 1 Chronicles 6:52 ; 1 Chronicles 6:7 ; Ezra 10:42 ; Ezra 7:1 ; Ezra 7:3 ; Nehemiah 10:3 ; Nehemiah 11:4 ; Nehemiah 12:13 ; Nehemiah 12:15 ; Nehemi...