THE TEMPLE REBUILT.-- Ezra 1:1-4; Ezra 3:8-13. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ They praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid._ -- Ezra 3:11. TIME. --From about B. C. 538 to 535. PLACE. --Mesopotamia and Judea. HELPFUL READINGS. -- 2 Chronicles 36:14-23; Jeremiah 25:8-14; Jeremiah... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD OF HEAVEN HATH GIVEN ME. The king's proclamation was made in the Persian language. Ezra translated it into Hebrew. It is probable that the proclamation began "Ormazd, the God of heaven," of which "Jehovah, the God of heaven," would be. faithful Jewish translation. The Persian idea of t... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO IS THERE AMONG YOU OF ALL HIS PEOPLE? The language implies that the Jews were scattered in various parts of the empire. There were no less than four transportations, including that of the people of the northern kingdom by the Assyrians; 1st. That of the Ten Tribes; 2d. That after the first defea... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSOEVER REMAINETH IN ANY PLACE WHERE HE SOJOURNETH. A better translation is: "Whosoever still is left in any place where he has sojourned." Wherever any of these Jewish sojourners are found, let them be helped by others. The king had undertaken the work of their return and the rebuilding of the t... [ Continue Reading ]