Ezra 7:23

Ezra 6:10-12; Ezra 7:13; Ezra 7:18; Psalms 119:4; Zechariah 12:3

Related Commentaries of Ezra 7:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Literally, as in the margin, i. e., Whatsoever is commanded in the Law with respect to the temple service.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath (n) against...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Decree of Artaxerxes. This decree granted a further return of exiles for the purpose of reorganising the Temple worship. With the exception of the...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

diligently . quickly, exactly.. Persian word, , adrazda Occurs only here. Why... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 436 THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES Ezra 7:23 . Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against...
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

Why should there be wrath, etc.] The piety of the Persian kings led them to seek the favour of the deities worshipped by the different nationalitie...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11-26) Credentials and commission of Ezra. After the general statement the particulars are given, beginning with the letter of authorisation, in whi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven. — The last is the strongest ground for such an ample authorisation. In the solemn and devout firman t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a King's Bounty Ezra 7:19-28 Ezra's commission was very ample. Those who officiated or assisted in Temple service were exonerated from taxation...
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

The several features in this grant were all in favor of the church. And how strange would it seem did we not look deeper than the surface of the matt...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven ,.... In the law given by Moses to the people of Israel: let it be diligently done for the house of t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done Here Jacobus Capellus cries out in a kind of rapture, “O, words to be writt...
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

The Decree of Artaxerxes. B. C. 457. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For the omission of any part of his worship occasioned by my neglect. This danger and duty he discerned, partly by natural light, and principally by...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra's Commission From The Persian King Artaxerxes ( Ezra 7:11-26 ). We are now provided with a copy of Artaxerxes' decree to Ezra, recorded in it...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Letter To The Treasurers In Beyond The River A Copy Of Which Is Included in Artaxerxes Letter ( Ezra 7:21-24 ). It will be noted that there is...
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

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes. The office and duty of the civil magistrate It is the office of a Christian magist...
The Biblical Illustrator

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done. The decree of Artaxerzes It is remarkable that some of the richest eff...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA ( Ezra 7:11-15 ). The present decree was of the nature of a firman gr...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Letter of Artaxerxes
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the...

²³ Whatsoeverd is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

Related Commentaries of Ezra 7:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 7:23