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Verse 14. _HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS_] It is very likely that the privy
counsel of the king consisted of _seven_ persons simply. The _names_
of these seven counsellors or chamberlains may be found in the...
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SEVEN COUNSELORS - Herodotus relates that there were seven families
pre-eminent in Persia, those of the seven conspirators against the
Pseudo-Smerdis (Ezra 4:7 note); and it is reasonable to suppose t...
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II. THE RETURN UNDER EZRA AND HIS REFORMATION
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The journey of Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1)_
2. The decree of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11)
3. Ezra's thanksgiving (Ezra 7:27)...
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DECREE OF ARTAXERXES. This decree granted a further return of exiles
for the purpose of reorganising the Temple worship. With the exception
of the introductory words of Ezra 7:11, this section is in A...
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SEVEN COUNSELLORS. Compare Esther 1:10; Esther 1:14....
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Object of the commission: (_a_) to investigate.
_of the king, and of his seven counsellers_ R.V. marg. Aram. - _from
before the king_".
-The counsellers" are mentioned again Ezra 7:15; Ezra 7:28. -Th...
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The contents of the letter are given in Aramaic....
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2. The letter of Artaxerxes
TEXT, EZRA 7:11-26
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Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra
the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of
the LORD...
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_FORASMUCH AS THOU ART SENT OF THE KING, AND OF HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS,
TO INQUIRE CONCERNING JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THY
GOD WHICH IS IN THINE HAND;_
Sent of the king, and of his...
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7:14 by (f-5) Lit. 'from before.'...
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THE JOURNEY OF EZRA TO JERUSALEM
1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted
to more than fifty years, from the sixth year of Darius (516 b.c.) to
the seventh year of Artaxer...
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HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS] In href='190 1:14'>Est 1:14 mention is made of
seven princes 'who saw the king's face and sat the first in his
kingdom.'...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 7
In the first 6 Chapter s of the Book of Ezra, we read about the
people who returned from *exile. We read how they built the *temple of...
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SEVEN COUNSELLORS. — These are mentioned in Esther 1:14, and were
probably the heads of those families who aided Darius Hystaspis
against the pseudo-Smerdis, as mentioned by Herodotus.
ACCORDING TO T...
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(11-26) Credentials and commission of Ezra. After the general
statement the particulars are given, beginning with the letter of
authorisation, in which we discern throughout the hand of Ezra....
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כָּ ל ־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּי֩ מִן ־קֳדָ֨ם
מַלְכָּ֜א
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A MISSIONARY JOURNEY
Ezra 7:1
An interval of sixty years intervened between the events of Ezra 6:1
and Ezra 7:1, and in that time the history recorded in the book of
Esther took place. This chapter i...
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Here begins the second section of the Book, that which gathers around
the doings of Ezra. Between the close of the last chapter and the
commencement of this sixty years had passed away. To a very grea...
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Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors,
to (h) enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of
thy God which [is] in (i) thine hand;
(h) To examine who l...
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_Counsellors. Interpreters of the laws. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] xi.
6.) --- The number seems to have been established at the courts of the
Assyrian and Chaldean monarchs, Tobias xii. 15. We find the...
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The several features in this grant were all in favor of the church.
And how strange would it seem did we not look deeper than the surface
of the matter, and behold the Lord's hand in the direction, to...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8.
Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must
still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people,
even when t...
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FORASMUCH AS THOU ART SENT OF THE KING, AND OF HIS SEVEN
COUNSELLORS,.... Such a number the kings of Persia used to have from
the times of Darius Hystaspis, who was chosen out of seven nobles to
be ki...
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Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors,
to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy
God which [is] in thine hand;
Ver. 14. _And of his seven c...
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_And of his seven counsellors_ His chief nobles and officers of state;
of whom see Esther 1:10; Esther 1:14. This decree, being made by their
advice, had the greater authority. _To inquire concerning...
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1 Ezra goeth vp to Ierusalem.
11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra.
27 Ezra blesseth God for his fauour.
[THE KINGS LETTER.]
1 NOW after these things, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king...
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THE LETTER OF ARTAXERXES...
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Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counselors,
the supreme tribunals of the Persian kings, TO ENQUIRE CONCERNING
JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, to investigate the situation thoroughly and...
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EZRA'S RETURN TO JERUSALEM
(vv. 1-10)
These first ten verses form a brief introduction as to who Ezra was
and the fact of his coming to Jerusalem. Details are given after this,
verses 11 to 26 quoti...
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OF THE KING:
Chal. from before the King...
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11-26 The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God,
reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in
judgment against the covetousness of wealthy professed Christian...
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Ezra 7:14 whereas H1768 H6903 H3606 sent H7972 (H8750) by H4481 H6925
king H4430 seven H7
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EZRA'S COMMISSION FROM THE PERSIAN KING ARTAXERXES (EZRA 7:11).
We are now provided with a copy of Artaxerxes' decree to Ezra,
recorded in its original Imperial Aramaic. We must remember that this
was...
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ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AFTER THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE EZRA, AN EXPERT IN
THE LAW, COMES TO JERUSALEM BRINGING WITH HIM A GROUP OF FELLOW-JEWS
AND MUCH TREASURE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD, BEING AUTHORISED BY...
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CONTENTS: Ezra's expedition to Jerusalem and his thanksgiving.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Artaxerxes.
CONCLUSION: God is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all
that we ask or think. When mag...
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Ezra 7:1. _Ezra the son,_ or grandson of _Seraiah._ His genealogy was
of the highpriests' line in several ages; and the dignity of his birth
might be one cause of his being so much noticed while in Ba...
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_Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes._
THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE
It is the office of a Christian magistrate to encourage and protect
good men in the exercise...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:1 Ezra the Priest Comes to Jerusalem to
Establish the Law of Moses. The text now skips ahead 57 years (see
note on 7:1–7). Ezra the scribe is charged by King Artaxerxes to
establis...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:13 The DECREE from Artaxerxes echoes Cyrus’s
decree in authorizing any Jews who wish TO GO TO JERUSALEM (compare
Ezra 1:3). T
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now enter upon the second and
concluding part of this book, which treats of the return of certain
Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem under Ezra, and the reformation whi...
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EXPOSITION
THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA (Ezra 7:11). The present
decree was of the nature of a _firman _granted to an individual. It
embodied, in the first place, a certain number of...
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Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:1)
Who is Longimanus of the secular history.
Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of
Moses, which the LORD God of...
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Daniel 2:47; Daniel 6:20; Daniel 6:26; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deut
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According, &c. — To make inquiry into all abuses and deviations from
your law, and to redress them. Which — Which is now and always in
thine hand, being the matter of thy daily study....