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Ezra 7:1-28

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 magistrates are moved to encourage the work of the church, we should thank God who put it into their hearts to do so.

Key Word: Decree, Ezra 7:13.

Strong Verses: Ezra 7:10; Ezra 7:23.

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See also Ezra 7:1-28 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER VII _In the_ seventh _year of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra goes up_ _to Jerusalem; and with him certain of the priests, Levites,_ _porters, and Nethinim: his character_, 1-10. _The let...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AFTER THESE THINGS - The words mark an interval of 57 years; if, with most commentators, we take Artaxerxes to be Longimanus. See the introduction to the Book of Ezra. Three kings named Artaxerxes, th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PART II (Ezra 7-10). THE WORK OF EZRA. Ezra 7:1. Ezra's Genealogy; his Return to Palestine. Ezra 7:1. Now after these things: _i.e._ those recorded as having taken place in the sixth year of Darius ...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ARTAXERXES. the great king: i.e. Darius (Hystaspis). See notes on p. 618. App-57 and App-58. EZRA. By this genealogy (verses: Ezra 7:1), compared with 1 Chronicles 6:15, Ezra was brother to Jehozadak...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Ezra 7:1-10. A brief Summary of Events 1 5. Ezra's Genealogy _Now after these things_ An interval of 58 years is passed over in silence (516 458). One allusion has already been made to the reign of X...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 1. _EZRA THE SON OF SERAIAH_— He calls himself here, according to the Hebrew idiom, _the son of Seraiah,_ who was the high-priest that Nebuchadnezzar caused to be slain at the taking of Jerusal...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT III. Ezra Becomes Involved In The Restoration of Israel (Ezra 7:1 to Ezra 10:44) A. Ezra leads a second band of returnees back to Israel, and gives God thanks. 1. Who...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NOW AFTER THESE THINGS, IN THE REIGN OF ARTAXERXES KING OF PERSIA, EZRA THE SON OF SERAIAH, THE SON OF AZARIAH, THE SON OF HILKIAH,_ In the reign of Artaxerxes - i:e., him who was surnamed Longimanu...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    7:1 Artaxerxes, (a-9) Most probably Artaxerxes Longimanus, son of Xerxes, Esther 1:1 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AFTER THESE THINGS. — Fifty-seven years after: this special phrase is here alone used. During the interval we must place the events of the Book of Esther. EZRA THE SON OF SERAIAH. — His lineage is giv...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    II. — THE SECOND RETURN UNDER EZRA. VII. (1-10) A. general summary of Ezra’s expedition under Divine guidance....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אַחַר֙ הַ דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ אֵ֔לֶּה בְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    EZRA THE SCRIBE Ezra 7:1 ALTHOUGH the seventh chapter of Ezra begins with no other indication of time than the vague phrase "Now after these things," nearly sixty years had elapsed between the events...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    EZRA'S EXPEDITION Ezra 7:1 LIKE the earlier pilgrimage of Zerubbabel and his companions, Ezra's great expedition was carried out under a commission from the Persian monarch of his day. The chronicler...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now after these things, in the reign of (a) Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, (a) The Hebrews write that many of the kings of Persia were cal...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Things, sixty-eight years after the journey of Zorobabel. (Calmet) --- Salien adds ten years more. (Haydock) --- Artaxerxes Longimanus. (Menochius) (Tirinus) --- Son, or great grandson of Saraias, who...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    Ver. 1-5. NOW AFTER THESE THINGS,.... The finishing of the temple, and the dedication of it, and keeping the passover: IN THE REIGN OF ARTAXERXES KING OF PERSIA; in the seventh year of his reign, Ezr...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, Ver. 1. _Now after these things_] After that Zerubbabel had done hi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _In the reign of Artaxerxes_ The same of whom he speaks chap. Ezra 6:14. _Ezra the son of Seraiah_ Descended from him, but not immediately. For Seraiah, being high-priest when Jerusalem was taken was...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE JOURNEY OF EZRA AND HIS COMPANY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, after these things, almost sixty years after the events last related, IN THE REIGN OF ARTAXERXES, KING OF PERSIA, the Artaxerxes Longimanus of secular history, EZRA, THE SON OF SERAIAH, THE SON O...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Ezra went from Babylon to Jerusalem, for the good of his country. The king was kind to him; he granted all his requests, whatever Ezra desired to enable him to serve his country. When he went, ma...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    EZRA CHAPTER 7 Ezra's genealogy, EZRA 7:1. The priests, Levites, and Ezra go up to Jerusalem, EZRA 7:6. The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra, EZRA 7:1. Ezra blesseth God for his favour to his...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezra 7:1 after H310 things H1697 reign H4438 Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 Persia H6539 Ezra H5830 son H1121 Seraiah...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    EZRA COMES TO JERUSALEM (EZRA 7:1). Almost sixty years after the completion of the Temple, Ezra arrived in Jerusalem as an Expert in the Law of Moses, eager to teach it to the worshippers of YHWH, and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ezra the son of Seraiah._ EZRA THE DISTINGUISHED Consider Ezra, as-- I. A man of distinguished ancestry. II. A man of distinguished attainments. III. A man in the enjoyment of distinguished favo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART II. SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA. 1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES, AND RETURN UNDER EZRA, WITH THE...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 9:11; 2 Chronicles 34:15; 2 Chronicles 34:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Artaxerxes — The same of whom he speaks, Ezra 6:14. The son — His grand — son. Here are divers persons omitted for brevity sake, which may be supplied out of 1 Chronicles 6:1. Ezra was not himself the...

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