Ezra 7:3.
A List of Heads of Families. It contains the names of the heads of the families who returned to Palestine with Ezra.
Of. Some codices, with one early printed edition and Septuagint, read "And of".
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
United Prayer for Guidance Ezra 8:1-23 The number of men who accompanied Ezra amounted to 1754, but the women and children would bring up the g...
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...
The whole number is fourteen hundred ninety and six, beside the heads of the houses themselves. A goodly company! How sweet is the gospel proclamatio...
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. Ver. 9. Obadiah the son of Jehiel ] This Obadiah (as...
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...
The Journey of Ezra and Others. B. C. 457. ...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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 I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava. The assembly at Ahava I. The long journey commenced. II. An important inspe...
EXPOSITION THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO WENT UP TO JERUSALEM WITH EZRA , AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEF MEN ( Ezra 8:1...
The Assembling of the Company
of the sons of Joab, treated separately here, probably because only a small number of them had returned with Zerubbabel, Ezra 2:6 : Obadiah, the so...
Ezra 2:6 ; Nehemiah 7:11
9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.