Ezra 8:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. ”

• Ezra 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  A List of Heads of Families. It contains the names of the heads of the families who returned to Palestine with Ezra.

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• Ezra 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Pahath-moab. Compare Ezra 2:6 .

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• Ezra 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

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• Ezra 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Ezra 8:4 - 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 8:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Ezra 8:4 - 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 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The whole number is fourteen hundred ninety and six, beside the heads of the houses themselves. A goodly company! How sweet is the gospel proclamation, when made successful to win souls unto Christ....

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• Ezra 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ezra 7:3 .

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• Ezra 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. Ver. 4. Of the sons of Pahathmoab ] Haply so called, because some of his progenitors had dwelt in Moab. He...

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• Ezra 8:4 - 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 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Journey of Ezra and Others. B. C. 457.       1 These are now the chief of their fathers,...

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• Ezra 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Ezra 8:4 - 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 8:4 - 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 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava. The assembly at Ahava I. The long journey commenced. II. An important inspection made. This halt illustrates-- 1. The need...

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• Ezra 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO WENT UP TO JERUSALEM WITH EZRA , AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEF MEN ( Ezra 8:1-15 ). This list is parallel with that of Ezra 2:...

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• Ezra 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Assembling of the Company

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• Ezra 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezra 2:6 ; Nehemiah 10:14 ; Nehemiah 7:11

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