“ So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. ”
The Gathering together of the Exiles at Ahava. The narrative is told here in the first person. Ezra 8:15 . Ahava: cf. Ezra 8:21 ; Ezra 8:31 ; this seems to have been a place which gave its...
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them...
Particulars of Ezra's Company 1. Them that went up] The sum of the numbers given is 1,496. Only males are mentioned, and if no women accompanied them, the absence of such doubtless increased the t...
(15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem.
United Prayer for Guidance Ezra 8:1-23 The number of men who accompanied Ezra amounted to 1754, but the women and children would bring up the gross total to about 7000. The lack of Levites was...
In this chapter we have, first, a representative list of those who joined Ezra when he went up to Jerusalem. First in order, members of the priestly and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). The...
The prophet Jeremiah had predicted of the manner in which the people should return, both the dispersed of Judah and Jerusalem; going and weeping. Jeremiah 50:4-5 . Ezra therefore, in a most pious ma...
So we fasted, and besought our God for this ,.... Sought the Lord by fasting and prayer for a good journey, and preservation in it: and he was entreated of us ; accepted their prayer, as Jarchi, s...
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. Ver. 23. So we fasted ] They put their holy resolution into execution: purpose without practice is like Rachel, beautiful, b...
And he was entreated of us They had some comfortable assurance in their own minds that their prayers were answered; and the event showed that they were, for they escaped all the dangers they had be...
A LIST OF EZRA'S COMPANIONS (vv. 1-14) Those who voluntarily came to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem are recorded here, the men numbering almost 1500. Women also must have been present, but are not...
Ezra's Fast. B. C. 457. 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that...
He gave us some assurance of his gracious answer to our request.
Ezra Gathers The Returnees In Order To Pray For Their Safety On The Journey ( Ezra 8:21-23 ). The people who were returning with Ezra having all gathered (although it may have commenced before the...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) A list of the heads of houses, with the number of adult males accompanying each of them, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem ( Ezr...
Ezra 8:22-23 , Ezra 8:31-32 The symbolic phrase "the hand of our God," as expressive of the Divine protection, occurs with remarkable frequency in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, and though no...
Ezra 8:15 . The river that runneth to Ahava, or the river of Diavam. Adiabena is a remote region, according to Boiste, in Assyria, and contiguous to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahav...
EXPOSITION Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there. The fight of the civil ruler to "proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews and Israelites. Jezebel proclaimed one in Ahab's n...
The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures
1 Chronicles 5:20 ; 2 Chronicles 33:12 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 ; Acts 10:30 ; Daniel 9:3 ; Deuteronomy 4:29 ; Esther 4:16 ; Ezra 8:31 ; Isaiah 19:22 ; Jeremiah 29:12 ; Jeremiah 29:13 ; Jerem...
Intreated — He gave us an assurance of his gracious answer to our request.