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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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 ...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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7:1 Artaxerxes, (a-9) Most probably Artaxerxes Longimanus, son of
Xerxes, Esther 1:1 ....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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II. — THE SECOND RETURN UNDER EZRA.
VII.
(1-10) A. general summary of Ezra’s expedition under Divine
guidance....
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וְ אַחַר֙ הַ דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ אֵ֔לֶּה בְּ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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THE JOURNEY OF EZRA AND HIS COMPANY...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ezra 7:1 after H310 things H1697 reign H4438 Artaxerxes H783 king
H4428 Persia H6539 Ezra H5830 son H1121 Seraiah...
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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...
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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...
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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 mag...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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PART II.
SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA.
1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES, AND RETURN UNDER EZRA, WITH THE...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 9:11; 2 Chronicles 34:15; 2 Chronicles
34:9;...
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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...