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 8:36. the king's commissions: mentioned in Ezra 7:21-24. satraps. governors: the satrap was a higher official, being ruler of a province; the governor (pekhah) administered a smaller district.