Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ezra 8:5
The son of Jahaziel; either his only son, or the most eminent of his sons, and therefore so called here.
The son of Jahaziel; either his only son, or the most eminent of his sons, and therefore so called here.
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Those who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:1)_ 2. The gathering at Ahava (Ezra 8:15) 3. The fast proclaimed (Ezra 8:21) 4. The appointment of guardians ...
A LIST OF HEADS OF FAMILIES. It contains the names of the heads of the families who returned to Palestine with Ezra....
SONS OF SHECHANIAH. Septuagint reads "sons of Zattu, Shechaniah"....
The Hebrew text gives Shechaniah as the house, but fails to give the name of its representative. -Shecaniah" does not occur in the other lists as the name of a house. The text of 1 Esdr. has -of the s...
The register of the laity or "the men of the people of Israel" as in Ezra 2:2. The names of these houses with the exception of Shechaniah (Ezra 8:5) and Shelomith (Ezra 8:10) appear also in chap. 2 a...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT B. Lists are given of returnees, and treasures which they carried back; the treasures are delivered. 1. The list of returnees is given. TEXT, Ezra 8:1-14 1 Now thes...
_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 them, the absence of such doubtless increased the tend...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 8 V1 This is the list of the families and the chief men in the families. They came with me from Babylonia during the rule of King Artaxerx...
THE SON OF JANAZIEL. — Obviously a name is omitted. The LXX. have, “of the sons of Zattu, Shechaniah,” before Jahaziel....
מִ בְּנֵ֥י שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה בֶּן ־יַחֲזִיאֵ֑ל וְ ע
UNITED PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE Ezra 8:1 The number of men who accompanied Ezra amounted to 1754, but the women and children would bring up the gross total to about 7000. The lack of Levites was very seri...
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 and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). Then...
_Sons. Septuagint and Arabic add, "of Zathoe, Sechenias, the son of Aziel." The Syriac supplies the name of "Gabo, the son of Nahzael," which seems to have been lost. (Calmet) --- Junius translates, ...
The whole number is fourteen hundred ninety and six, beside the heads of the houses themselves. A goodly company! How sweet is the gospel proclamation, when made successful to win souls unto Christ. W...
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...
Ezra 7:3....
Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. Ver. 5. _The son of Jahaziel_] The father is named, but not the son: but why, who can tell? _Et patet et lucet pagina...
1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon. 15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the Temple. 21 He keepeth a fast. 24 He committeth the treasures to the custodie of the Priests. 31 Fro...
of the sons of Shechaniah: the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males....
THE ASSEMBLING OF THE COMPANY...
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 1500. Women also must have been present, but are not ment...
1-20 Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him. What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of be...
Ezra 8:5 sons H1121 Shechaniah H7935 Ben-Jahaziel H1121 H3166 three H7969 hundred H3967 males H2145...
CONTENTS: List of Ezra's companions and his visit to Jerusalem. Treasure placed in the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Sherebeah, Hashabiah, Meremoth, Eleazar, Jozabad, Noadiah. CONCLUSION: God's serv...
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 to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahava w...
_And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava._ THE ASSEMBLY AT AHAVA I. The long journey commenced. II. An important inspection made. This halt illustrates-- 1. The need of sea...
EZRA 8:1 Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem with a New Wave of Returnees, Bearing Royal Gifts for the Temple. This section gives a more extended account of Ezra’s return to Jerusalem. Readers learn of those w...
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, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra...
EXPOSITION THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO WENT UP TO JERUSALEM WITH EZRA, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEF MEN ...
So in chapter eight it gives to us a list of those who went with Ezra, totaling out about 754 of the males, when you add the priests that were added to later. So they numbered the people, and they fou...
1 Chronicles 24:23; Ezra 8:3...