_THESE ARE NOW THE CHIEF OF THEIR FATHERS, AND THIS IS THE GENEALOGY OF THEM THAT WENT UP WITH ME FROM BABYLON, IN THE REIGN OF ARTAXERXES THE KING._ This is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon. The number given here amounts to 1,754. But this is the register of adult males only... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF THE SONS OF PHINEHAS; GERSHOM: OF THE SONS OF ITHAMAR; DANIEL: OF THE SONS OF DAVID; HATTUSH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA; AND THERE ABODE WE IN TENTS THREE DAYS: AND I VIEWED THE PEOPLE, AND THE PRIESTS, AND FOUND THERE NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI._ I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava х_ 'AHªWAA'_ (H163); Septuagint, ho Eui; Alexand... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SENT I FOR ELIEZER, FOR ARIEL, FOR SHEMAIAH, AND FOR ELNATHAN, AND FOR JARIB, AND FOR ELNATHAN, AND FOR NATHAN, AND FOR ZECHARIAH, AND FOR MESHULLAM, CHIEF MEN; ALSO FOR JOIARIB, AND FOR ELNATHAN, MEN OF UNDERSTANDING._ Then sent I for Eliezer ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I SENT THEM WITH COMMANDMENT UNTO IDDO THE CHIEF AT THE PLACE CASIPHIA, AND I TOLD THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD SAY UNTO IDDO, AND TO HIS BRETHREN THE NETHINIMS, AT THE PLACE CASIPHIA, THAT THEY SHOULD BRING UNTO US MINISTERS FOR THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD._ WITH COMMANDMENT UNTO IDDO THE CHIEF. Ezra sent t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BY THE GOOD HAND OF OUR GOD UPON US THEY BROUGHT US A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING, OF THE SONS OF MAHLI, THE SON OF LEVI, THE SON OF ISRAEL; AND SHEREBIAH, WITH HIS SONS AND HIS BRETHREN, EIGHTEEN;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN I PROCLAIMED A FAST THERE, AT THE RIVER OF AHAVA, THAT WE MIGHT AFFLICT OURSELVES BEFORE OUR GOD, TO SEEK OF HIM A RIGHT WAY FOR US, AND FOR OUR LITTLE ONES, AND FOR ALL OUR SUBSTANCE._ Then I proclaimed a fast there. The dangers to traveling caravans from the Bedouin Arabs that prowl through... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I WAS ASHAMED TO REQUIRE OF THE KING A BAND OF SOLDIERS AND HORSEMEN TO HELP US AGAINST THE ENEMY IN THE WAY: BECAUSE WE HAD SPOKEN UNTO THE KING, SAYING, THE HAND OF OUR GOD IS UPON ALL THEM FOR GOOD THAT SEEK HIM; BUT HIS POWER AND HIS WRATH IS AGAINST ALL THEM THAT FORSAKE HIM._ NO JFB COMME... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WEIGHED UNTO THEM THE SILVER, AND THE GOLD, AND THE VESSELS, EVEN THE OFFERING OF THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD, WHICH THE KING, AND HIS COUNSELLORS, AND HIS LORDS, AND ALL ISRAEL THERE PRESENT, HAD OFFERED:_ And weighed unto them the silver ... The custody of the contributions and of the sacred vessel... [ Continue Reading ]
_I EVEN WEIGHED UNTO THEIR HAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY TALENTS OF SILVER, AND SILVER VESSELS AN HUNDRED TALENTS, AND OF GOLD AN HUNDRED TALENTS;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO TWENTY BASONS OF GOLD, OF A THOUSAND DRAMS; AND TWO VESSELS OF FINE COPPER, PRECIOUS AS GOLD._ Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams, х_ LA'ªDARKONIYM_ (H150)] - darics, a Persian coin, familiar to the Jews while resident within the Persian dominions. TWO VESSELS OF FINE COPPER, PR... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I SAID UNTO THEM, YE ARE HOLY UNTO THE LORD; THE VESSELS ARE HOLY ALSO; AND THE SILVER AND THE GOLD ARE A FREEWILL OFFERING UNTO THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN WE DEPARTED FROM THE RIVER OF AHAVA ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, TO GO UNTO JERUSALEM: AND THE HAND OF OUR GOD WAS UPON US, AND HE DELIVERED US FROM THE HAND OF THE ENEMY, AND OF SUCH AS LAY IN WAIT BY THE WAY._ We departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first mon... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WE CAME TO JERUSALEM, AND ABODE THERE THREE DAYS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW ON THE FOURTH DAY WAS THE SILVER AND THE GOLD AND THE VESSELS WEIGHED IN THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD BY THE HAND OF MEREMOTH THE SON OF URIAH THE PRIEST; AND WITH HIM WAS ELEAZAR THE SON OF PHINEHAS; AND WITH THEM WAS JOZABAD THE SON OF JESHUA, AND NOADIAH THE SON OF BINNUI, LEVITES;_ Now on the four... [ Continue Reading ]