Then Ezra rose up. In response to Shechaniah.

Johanan. The son of Eliashib, the high priest who succeeded Joiakim, the successor of Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:23).

came thither. According to Syriac and Arabic. "lodged (or spent the night) there".

mourned. Compare the first occurance of Hebrew. abal. Genesis 37:34.

transgression. unfaithfulness. Hebrew. ma'al. App-44. Compare Ezra 10:2; Ezra 10:10.

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