Ezra 8:18; Ezra 8:19
The Gathering together of the Exiles at Ahava. The narrative is told here in the first person. Ezra 8:15 . Ahava: cf. Ezra 8:21 ; Ezra 8:31...
chief . princes.
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, Then I separated twelve of th...
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 t...
Sherebiah, Hashabiah ] These were Levites, not priests ( Nehemiah 12:24 ), so that the individuals selected were twenty-four in all, twelve priests...
(15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem.
Sherebiah. — Rather, to Sherebiah — that is, these two Levites, alone mentioned, with ten others, were associated with an equal number of priests...
Thanksgiving for Safety and Success Ezra 8:24-36 Into our hands also is committed first the rich treasure and solemn trust of our own souls, an...
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...
Is there not a sweet spiritual instruction here? Doth not the apostle, in allusion to gospel treasures for himself and his faithful companions, obser...
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ,.... That were in company with him; so that it seems there were more than the two mentioned, E...
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, Ver. 24. Then I separated twelve ]...
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests With whom he might intrust the gifts that had been offered for the temple. Having committed the...
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 150...
Ezra's Care of the Temple Treasure. B. C. 457....
Or, and Sherebiah, & c., who were the Levites mentioned Ezra 8:18 , who were jointly intrusted together with the priests with the charge of...
Ezra Entrusts The Gifts For The House Of YHWH Into The Hands Of Twelve Chief Priests For Them To Guard On The Journey ( Ezra 8:24-30 ). It is neve...
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,...
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...
And weighed unto them the silver and the gold, and the vessels. The guardianship of the sacred treasures I. The treasures to be guarded. 1....
EXPOSITION Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there. The fight of the civil ruler to "proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews...
The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren w...
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,