seventh month. Tisri. See App-51.
children. sons.
of Israel. See note on Ezra 2:2, and 1 Kings 12:17.
the cities. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "their cities".
to. in. Therefore this was after Nehemiah 7:1-4.
Related Commentaries of Ezra 3:1
Ezra 3:1
1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.