Ezra 7:9

first month

That is, April.

fifth month

That is, August.

Related Commentaries of Ezra 7:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The direct distance of Babylon from Jerusalem is about 520 miles; and the circuitous route by Carchemish and the Orontes valley, which was ordinari...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

PART II (Ezra 7-10). The Work of Ezra. Ezra 7:1-10 . Ezra's Genealogy; his Return to Palestine. Ezra 7:1 . Now after these things: i.e. th...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the first day of the first month. See note on Genesis 8:13 . first month. Ab (July-August). App-51.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Journey of Ezra to Jerusalem 1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted to more than fifty years, from the sixth ye...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Began he to go up ] better (by a slight correction), 'he fixed the going up.' The actual journey was not begun till the twelfth day ( Ezra 8:31 )....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EZRA THE SCRIBE Ezra 7:1-10 ALTHOUGH the seventh chapter of Ezra begins with no other indication of time than the vague phrase "Now after these...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Missionary Journey Ezra 7:1-18 An interval of sixty years intervened between the events of Ezra 6:1-22 and Ezra 7:1-28 , and in that time...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the second section of the Book, that which gathers around the doings of Ezra. Between the close of the last chapter and the commencement...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We ought to pause over this account, short as it is, of Ezra's character. A scribe was one conversant with the Scriptures; and as Ezra was a ready sc...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon ,.... The month Nisan, answering to part of March and part of April; this w...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For upon the first [day] of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first [day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

According to the good hand of his God upon him There was great reason to acknowledge the favour and protection of God, in conducting them safe to J...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

EZRA'S RETURN TO JERUSALEM (vv. 1-10) These first ten verses form a brief introduction as to who Ezra was and the fact of his coming to Jerusale...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra's Arrival at Jerusalem. B. C. 457. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra Comes To Jerusalem ( Ezra 7:1-10 ). Almost sixty years after the completion of the Temple, Ezra arrived in Jerusalem as an Expert in the Law...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Almost Sixty Years After The Building Of The Temple Ezra, An Expert In The Law, Comes To Jerusalem Bringing With Him A Group Of Fellow-Jews And Much...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now enter upon the second and concluding part of this book, which treats of the return of certain Jews from Babyl...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 7:1 . Ezra the son, or grandson of Seraiah. His genealogy was of the highpriests' line in several ages; and the dignity of his birth might...
The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra the son of Seraiah. Ezra the distinguished Consider Ezra, as-- I. A man of distinguished ancestry. II. A man of distinguished attain...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART II . SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA . 1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES , AND RETURN UNDER...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Journey of Ezra and his Company
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For upon the first day of the first month, the new moon of the ecclesiastical year, began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fift...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 7:6 ; Nehemiah 2:18 ; Nehemiah 2:8

⁹ For upon the first day of the first month begana he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

Related Commentaries of Ezra 7:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 7:9