Ezra 10:15

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Some translate it: “Nevertheless, Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this.” The opposition was useless Ezra 10:16 ....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Jews Assemble in Jerusalem; Officers are Appointed from each City to See that the Foreign Wives are Put away. Ezra 10:6 . Jehohanan: cf. N...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Only . But, or. Nevertheless. Tikvah. Compare 2 Kings 22:14 and 1Ch 34:22. were employed, &c. . superintended [the business].
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Foreign Wives are Divorced 3. According to the law] see Deuteronomy 24:1-2 , which required a bill of divorcement.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Were employed about] RV 'stood up against.' The opposition was not really strong. 16, 17. The tenth month.. the first ] i.e. Tebeth (=Dec.-Jan.)...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(7-17) Conference of the people and commission to try individual cases. (8) Forfeited. — This, as also what precedes and what follows, again recall...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE HOME SACRIFICED TO THE CHURCH Ezra 10:1-44 EZRA'S narrative, written in the first person, ceases with his prayer, the conclusion of which b...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Putting Away Strange Marriages Ezra 10:1-19 The people seem to have been more impressed by Ezra's intense grief of soul than they could have be...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The sincerity and passion of Ezra's vicarious repentance produced immediate results. The people had gathered about him through the long hours of the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Holy Ghost hath thought proper to be particular in stating the precise time this great reform took to make it effectual and complete. Mark, Reade...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel, and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah, were employed about the matter ,.... To see that this affair was conducted in the m...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this [matter]: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Only Jonathan and Jahaziah were employed To take care that the business should be executed in the manner proposed, that the officers and delinquent...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ACTION FOLLOWING PRAYER (vv. 1-17) Ezra expected an answer to his prayer, and God provided the answer immediately in moving a very huge number of...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To wit, to take due care that the business should be executed in the manner proposed, that the officers and delinquents of every city should come suc...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 10:7 ‘And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves toge...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have the account of—(i.) Shechaniah’s proposal to put away the strange wives ( Ezra 10:1-5 ). (ii...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 10:6 . When he came. It should read, till he came thither, as appears from chap. Ezra 9:4 , and at a late hour after the evening devotion....
The Biblical Illustrator

Now when Ezra had prayed. Prayer and confession The former chapter did set down the humiliation of Ezra; this demonstrates the fruit and effect...
The Biblical Illustrator

But the people are many. The reformation effected I. notwith standing difficulties. 1. The greatness of the undertaking. 2. The inclemenc...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION REPENTANCE OF THE PEOPLE , AND COVENANT SWORN TO , ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF SHECHANIAH ( Ezra 10:1-15 ). Whil...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra's Reform Measures Adopted
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Only Jonathan, the son of Asahel, and Jahaziah, the son of Tikvah, were employed about this matter, literally, "stood against this thing," they withs...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 10:20 ; Nehemiah 11:16 ; Nehemiah 12:33 ; Nehemiah 3:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Employed — To take care that the business should be executed in the manner proposed, that the officers and delinquents of every city should come su...

¹⁵ Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

Related Commentaries of Ezra 10:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezra 10:15