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Verse 15. _THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA_] Ahava was a _river_
itself, which is supposed to be the same that is called _Diava_ or
_Adiava_, in the province of _Adiabene_; and perhaps the place whenc...
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Ahava was both a town and a river Ezra 8:21. The modern name of the
place is Hit. It is famous for its bitumen springs, and is situated on
the Euphrates, at a distance of about 80 miles from Babylon,...
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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. Those who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:1)_
2. The gathering at Ahava (Ezra 8:15)
3. The fast proclaimed (Ezra 8:21)
4. The appointment of guardians ...
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THE GATHERING TOGETHER OF THE EXILES AT AHAVA. The narrative is told
here in the first person.
Ezra 8:15. Ahava: _cf._ Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; this seems to have been
a place which gave its name to one...
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(_b_) 15 20. The Encampment of Ahava; the Absence of Levites
15. The Rendezvous
15. _the river that runneth to Ahava_ -Ahava" is here the name of a
place, which seems to have also given its name to t...
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_VER._ 15. _AHAVA_— This was a river of Assyria, and, very probably,
that which ran along the _Adiabene,_ where the river _Diava,_ or
_Adiava,_ is known to be, and upon which Ptolemy places the city o...
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2. Levites are added to the company.
TEXT, EZRA 8:15-20
15
Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped
for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I di...
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_AND I GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA; AND
THERE ABODE WE IN TENTS THREE DAYS: AND I VIEWED THE PEOPLE, AND THE
PRIESTS, AND FOUND THERE NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI._
I gather...
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PARTICULARS OF EZRA'S COMPANY
1. Them that went up] The sum of the numbers given is 1,496. Only
males are mentioned, and if no women accompanied them, the absence of
such doubtless increased the tend...
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AHAVA] This was the name both of a town and of a river (Ezra 8:21) in
Babylonia, on the road to Palestine. NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI] Only a
small number of Levites had previously accompanied Zerubbabe...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 8
V1 This is the list of the families and the chief men in the families.
They came with me from Babylonia during the rule of King Artaxerx...
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(15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem....
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AHAVA. — Both river and town. Nine days’ journey brought them
thither; and there is a place now called Hit, about eighty miles from
Babylon, which has been identified with it.
NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI...
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וָֽ אֶקְבְּצֵ֗ם אֶל ־הַ נָּהָר֙ הַ
בָּ֣א
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UNITED PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE
Ezra 8:1
The number of men who accompanied Ezra amounted to 1754, but the women
and children would bring up the gross total to about 7000. The lack of
Levites was very seri...
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In this chapter we have, first, a representative list of those who
joined Ezra when he went up to Jerusalem. First in order, members of
the priestly and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). Then...
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And I gathered them together to the (c) river that runneth to Ahava;
and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and
the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
(c) To...
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_Ahava. This river (ver. 21., and 31.) runs through the territory of
the same name, called Hava; (4 Kings xvii. 24.) the people of which
exchanged places with the Israelites. Esdras makes a circuit to...
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The pause that Ezra made before his departure, no doubt, was with a
view to begin his journey in prayer. Carry us not up hence, is, or
should be, the language of every truly regenerated believer, when...
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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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AND I GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA,....
From whence also the river bore the same name; or that from the river,
see Ezra 8:21, and may be the same with Adiabene, a country...
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_And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and
there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the
priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi._
Ver. 15....
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_To the river that runneth to Ahava_ Or the river of Ahava, as it is
called, Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31. By comparing of these places, it seems
that Ahava was the name both of the river and of the town or p...
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1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon.
15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the Temple.
21 He keepeth a fast.
24 He committeth the treasures to the custodie of the Priests.
31 Fro...
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THE ASSEMBLING OF THE COMPANY...
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And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava, a
place or region on one of the canals of Mesopotamia communicating with
the Euphrates; AND THERE ABODE WE IN TENTS THREE DAYS, after t...
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A LIST OF EZRA'S COMPANIONS
(vv. 1-14)
Those who voluntarily came to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem are recorded
here, the men numbering almost 1500. Women also must have been
present, but are not ment...
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ABODE:
Or, pitched...
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1-20 Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of
Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him.
What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of be...
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THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA; or, THE RIVER OF AHAVA, as it is
called, EZRA 8:21,31. By comparing of these places, it seems that
Ahava was the name both of the river, and of the town or place by
wh...
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Ezra 8:15 gathered H6908 (H8799) river H5104 flows H935 (H8802) Ahava
H163 camped H2583 (H8799) three...
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EZRA DISCOVERS THAT NO LEVITES HAVE JOINED THE RETURNEES AND MAKES
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOME TO JOIN THE PARTY (EZRA 8:15).
Gathering his party together at the Canal which runs to Ahava, which
was probabl...
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CONTENTS: List of Ezra's companions and his visit to Jerusalem.
Treasure placed in the temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Sherebeah, Hashabiah, Meremoth, Eleazar,
Jozabad, Noadiah.
CONCLUSION: God's serv...
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Ezra 8:15. _The river that runneth to Ahava,_ or the river of Diavam.
Adiabena is a remote region, according to Boiste, in Assyria, and
contiguous to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahava w...
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_And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava._
THE ASSEMBLY AT AHAVA
I. The long journey commenced.
II. An important inspection made. This halt illustrates--
1. The need of sea...
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EZRA 8:1 Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem with a New Wave of Returnees,
Bearing Royal Gifts for the Temple. This section gives a more extended
account of Ezra’s return to Jerusalem. Readers learn of those w...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 8:15 The party camps outside Babylon at the RIVER
THAT RUNS TO AHAVA, no doubt one of the canals extending from the
Euphrates. Ezra discovers that, though he had priests with him, th...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) A list
of the heads of houses, with the number of adult males accompanying
each of them, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra...
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EXPOSITION
THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO WENT UP TO JERUSALEM WITH EZRA, AND THE NAMES
OF THE CHIEF MEN ...
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So in chapter eight it gives to us a list of those who went with Ezra,
totaling out about 754 of the males, when you add the priests that
were added to later. So they numbered the people, and they fou...
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Acts 16:13; Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 3:15; Ezra 7:24; Ezra 7:7;...
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Of Levi — None who were simple Levites, and not the priests. And
therefore the Levites mentioned, Ezra 7:7, by anticipation were not
yet come to him....