Ezra 8:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, ”

Ezra 8:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezra 8:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

chief . princes.
Ezra 8:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Ezra 8:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ...
Ezra 8:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezra 8:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem.
Ezra 8:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Thanksgiving for Safety and Success Ezra 8:24-36 Into our hands also is committed first the rich treasure and solemn trust of our own souls, and next the great deposit of the gospel; 1 Timothy...
Ezra 8:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Ezra 8:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is there not a sweet spiritual instruction here? Doth not the apostle, in allusion to gospel treasures for himself and his faithful companions, observe, we have this treasure in earthen vessels. 2 C...
Ezra 8:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ,.... That were in company with him; so that it seems there were more than the two mentioned, Ezra 8:2 , very probably their families, or some of...
Ezra 8:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, Ver. 24. Then I separated twelve ] I singled them and set them apart for this great...
Ezra 8:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests With whom he might intrust the gifts that had been offered for the temple. Having committed the keeping of them to God, he also committed the kee...
Ezra 8:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 8:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra's Care of the Temple Treasure. B. C. 457. 24 Then I separated twelve of the chief...
Ezra 8:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, and Sherebiah, & c., who were the Levites mentioned Ezra 8:18 , who were jointly intrusted together with the priests with the charge of carrying these things carefully and safely. The pa...
Ezra 8:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra Entrusts The Gifts For The House Of YHWH Into The Hands Of Twelve Chief Priests For Them To Guard On The Journey ( Ezra 8:24-30 ). It is never right to use faith as an excuse for foolishness....
Ezra 8:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 8:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ezra 8:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

And weighed unto them the silver and the gold, and the vessels. The guardianship of the sacred treasures I. The treasures to be guarded. 1. Valuable in themselves. 2. Valuable as being co...
Ezra 8:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ezra 8:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures
Ezra 8:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 8:18 ; Ezra 8:19

Ezra 8:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 8:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 8:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 8:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 8:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 8:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 8:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 8:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 8:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 8:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 8:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 8:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 8:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 8:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 8:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 8:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 8:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 8:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 8:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 8:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 8:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 8:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge