Ezra 8:36 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. ”

• Ezra 8:36 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The kings commissions - i. e., the orders issued to all governors of provinces near Judaea by Artaxerxes, given in Ezra 7:21-24 . The kings lieutenants - literally, “the king’s satraps.” The...

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• Ezra 8:36 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Arrival in Jerusalem. Ezra 8:31 . on the twelfth day. : cf. Ezra 7:8 f., Ezra 8:15 . Ezra 8:35 . Cf. Zerubbabel's offerings at the dedication of the Temple, Ezra 6:17 . Ezra...

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• Ezra 8:36 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  commissions . Royal decrees. Hebrew. dath.

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• Ezra 8:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. The king's lieutenants - אחשדר...

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• Ezra 8:36 - 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...

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• Ezra 8:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (32-36) The arrival in Jerusalem, and first proceedings there.

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• Ezra 8:36 - 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...

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• Ezra 8:36 - 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...

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• Ezra 8:36 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I admire the continual observance of the offerings, and the sacrifices; not for the multitudes of beasts slaughtered, but for the evident reference the whole had to the person of the Lamb of God. Oh!...

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• Ezra 8:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river ,.... The governors of the provinces of Syria, Palestine, and Judea, which were on...

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• Ezra 8:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. Ver. 36. And they furthered...

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• Ezra 8:36 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  They delivered the king's commissions to the lieutenants, and they furthered the people Even the enemies of the Jews became their friends, yielded to Ezra's commission, and, instead of hindering th...

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• Ezra 8:36 - 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...

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• Ezra 8:36 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Ezra's Arrival at Jerusalem. B. C. 457.       31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on...

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• Ezra 8:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  In the adorning and furnishing of it with these vessels and other conveniences; and in promoting God's worship and service therein.

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• Ezra 8:36 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Ezra 8:36 ‘And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps, and to the governors of Beyond the River, and they furthered the people and the house of God.' The community leaders (t...

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• Ezra 8:36 - 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...

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• Ezra 8:36 - 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...

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• Ezra 8:36 - 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...

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• Ezra 8:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures

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• Ezra 8:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 18:27 ; Ezra 4:7-23 ; Ezra 5:6-17 ; Ezra 6:13 ; Ezra 7:21-24 ; Isaiah 56:6 ; Isaiah 56:7 ; Revelation 12:16

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