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Verse Ezra 1:6. _VESSELS OF SILVER_] _Articles_ of silver, gold, c....
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL AND THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1)_
2. The response of the chiefs of Judah and Benjamin (E...
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THE RETURN OF THE JEWS UNDER SHESHBAZZAR WITH THE HOLY VESSELS. The
carrying out of the decree.
Ezra 1:5. even all. Jerusalem: implying that many did not avail
themselves of the opportunity of return...
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THEIR HANDS. them. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for
themselves....
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_And all_they that _were about them_ R.V. ROUND ABOUT THEM. A general
expression which would include both the heathen neighbours, alluded to
(in Ezra 1:3) by the edict, and the Jewish neighbours, not...
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2. The people return and begin to rebuild.
TEXT, EZRA 1:5-11
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Then the heads of fathers-' households of Judah and Benjamin and the
priests and the Levites arose, even everyone whose spirit God had...
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_AND ALL THEY THAT WERE ABOUT THEM STRENGTHENED THEIR HANDS WITH
VESSELS OF SILVER, WITH GOLD, WITH GOODS, AND WITH BEASTS, AND WITH
PRECIOUS THINGS, BESIDE ALL THAT WAS WILLINGLY OFFERED._ NO JFB
COM...
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THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM CAPTIVITY
The chapter narrates how Cyrus, king of Persia, permitted the Jews in
Babylon to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple there, and
restored the vessels taken...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF EZRA
There are many dates in this *introduction. These dates are the
number of years before the time that Jesus Christ was born...
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(5-11) Immediate result of the decree.
(5) WITH ALL THEM WHOSE SPIRIT GOD HAD RAISED. — _Namely, all_ is
the more exact rendering. The same influence that prompted the decree
of Cyrus was necessary to...
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וְ כָל ־סְבִיבֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ חִזְּק֣וּ בִֽ
ידֵיהֶ֔ם...
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GOD'S PROMISES FULFILLED
Ezra 1:1
God will ever be mindful of His covenant. There were also many
remembrancers as Daniel and other like-minded exiles who gave Him no
rest and were ever asking Him for...
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The Book of Ezra contains an account of a most important epoch in the
history of the people of God. After seventy years of captivity, a
return from captivity was made possible by the decree of a Genti...
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And all (g) they that [were] about them strengthened their hands with
vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with
precious things, beside all [that] was willingly offered.
(g)...
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It should seem that many of the people remained in Babylon reconciled
to their captivity, and had mingled with the Chaldees. An awful
representation of characters, in all ages, whose condemnation is t...
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But God now brings back a little remnant, that the true King might be
presented to them, and causes the temple to be rebuilt in its place,
according to the promises given by the mouth of Jeremiah, and...
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AND ALL THEY THAT WERE ABOUT THEM,.... Their neighbours, the
Chaldeans:
STRENGTHENED THEIR HANDS WITH VESSELS OF SILVER, WITH GOLD, WITH
GOODS, AND WITH BEASTS, AND WITH PRECIOUS THINGS; which they e...
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And all they that [were] about them strengthened their hands with
vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with
precious things, beside all [that] was willingly offered.
Ver. 6....
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_All that were about them strengthened their hands_ Some of them,
probably, because they had embraced, or at least favoured, the Jewish
religion, concerning which they had been instructed by the Israe...
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[ISRAELS RETURNE FROM BABYLON.]
1 The Proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the Temple.
5 The people prouide for the returne.
7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the Temple to Sheshbazzar.
1 NOW i...
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THE RETURN ARRANGED FOR...
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And all they that were about them, all their friends and neighbors,
STRENGTHENED THEIR HANDS WITH VESSELS OF SILVER, WITH GOLD, WITH
GOODS, AND WITH BEASTS, AND WITH PRECIOUS THINGS, showing great
lib...
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THE CAPTIVES OF JUDAH LIBERATED
(vv. 1-11)
When the Medes and Persians defeated Babylon, Darius the Mede was
ruler, and not until Cyrus the Persian took the throne was liberty
proclaimed to Judah. T...
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STRENGTHENED THEIR HANDS:
that is, helped them...
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5-11 The same God that raised up the spirit of Cyrus to proclaim
liberty to the Jews, raised up their spirits to take the benefit. The
temptation was to some to stay in Babylon; but some feared not t...
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STRENGTHENED THEIR HANDS; either because they had embraced, or at
least favoured the Jewish religion, concerning which they were
instructed by the Israelites that had now for a long time dwelt among
t...
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Ezra 1:6 around H5439 encouraged H2388 (H8765) H3027 articles H3627
silver H3701 gold H2091 goods H7399 livestock...
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THE RETURN FROM EXILE OF A PORTION OF THE BABYLONIAN EXILES TOGETHER
WITH THE TEMPLE VESSELS (EZRA 1:5). .
We are informed of the return of the Babylonian exiles mainly because
it was with them that t...
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THE EDICT OF CYRUS AND ITS RESULT (EZRA 1:1).
In 538 BC Cyrus issued an edict allowing Jews to return to their
homeland, and authorising the rebuilding of the Temple with state
help. The wording of th...
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CONTENTS: Decree of Cyrus for restoration of the temple and
preparations for the return of the remnant.
CHARACTERS: God, Cyrus, Sheshbazzar, Mithredath.
CONCLUSION: (Ezra 1:1) The hearts of kings ar...
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Ezra 1:1. _In the first year of Cyrus._ Darius had the title of king
of Babylon; but according to Xenophon, Cyrus had the throne, and
remained in the city. After two years Darius died, and left him th...
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_Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the
Lord._
THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CAPTIVITY
The captivity is clearly represented as God’s judgment upon His
people for their sins, but...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have (i.) the
proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1); (ii.) the preparation of the Jews
for availing themselves of it (Ezra 1:5) and (iii.) the restoratio...
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EXPOSITION
THE RESPONSE TO THE DECREE (Ezra 1:5). The response made to the decree
fell short of what might have been expected. The "patriarchal chiefs"
who responded belonged solely, or mainly, to the...
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Let's turn now to the book of Ezra.
The book of Ezra, the first part was probably written by Ezra but
written from the records. Actually at the time that Cyrus gave the
decree to build the temple, Ezr...
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2 Corinthians 9:7; Ezra 1:4; Ezra 7:15; Ezra 7:16; Ezra 8:25;...
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Strengthened their hands — God can, when he pleases, incline the
hearts of strangers to be kind to his people; yea, make those
strengthen their hands, who formerly weakened them....