Ezra 8:1-14
A LIST OF HEADS OF FAMILIES. It contains the names of the heads of the families who returned to Palestine with Ezra.... [ Continue Reading ]
A LIST OF HEADS OF FAMILIES. It contains the names of the heads of the families who returned to Palestine with Ezra.... [ Continue Reading ]
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; this seems to have been a place which gave its name to one of the many canals constructed in Babylonia for irrigation purposes. NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI: as t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ARRIVAL IN JERUSALEM. Ezra 8:31. on the twelfth day. : _ cf._ Ezra 7:8 f., Ezra 8:15. Ezra 8:35. _Cf._ Zerubbabel's offerings at the dedication of the Temple, Ezra 6:17. Ezra 8:36. the king's commissions: mentioned in Ezra 7:21. SATRAPS. GOVERNORS: the satrap was a higher official, being rule... [ Continue Reading ]