“ Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. ”
A List of Heads of Families. It contains the names of the heads of the families who returned to Palestine with Ezra.
Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
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 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....
Ezra 7:3 .
Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. Ver. 6. Of the sons also of Adin ] A covenanter too, Nehemiah 10:6 .
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...
The Journey of Ezra and Others. B. C. 457. 1 These are now the chief of their fathers,...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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 8:15 . 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...
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...
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:...
The Assembling of the Company
Ezra 2:15 ; Nehemiah 10:16 ; Nehemiah 7:20